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HADRIAN'S WALL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Hadrian's Wall mean?
• HADRIAN'S WALL (noun)
The noun HADRIAN'S WALL has 1 sense:
1. an ancient Roman wall built by Hadrian in the 2nd century; marked the northern boundary of the Roman Empire in Britain
Familiarity information: HADRIAN'S WALL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An ancient Roman wall built by Hadrian in the 2nd century; marked the northern boundary of the Roman Empire in Britain
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
wall (an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure)
Holonyms ("Hadrian's Wall" is a part of...):
England (a division of the United Kingdom)
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