1. the sacred city of Lamaism; known as the Forbidden City for its former inaccessibility and hostility to strangers; [syn: Lhasa, Lassa, capital of Tibet, Forbidden City]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
capital of Tibet
n 1: the sacred city of Lamaism; known as the Forbidden City for
its former inaccessibility and hostility to strangers [syn:
Lhasa, Lassa, capital of Tibet, Forbidden City]