seven_wonders_of_the_world (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the expression *Seven Wonders of the World*:
NOUN	artifact	Seven Wonders of the World, Seven Wonders of the Ancient World	impressive monuments created in the ancient world that were regarded with awe

English > *Seven Wonders of the World*: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact
Meaning	impressive monuments created in the ancient world that were regarded with awe.
Synonym	Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
Members	Artemision at Ephesus	The large temple of the Greek goddess Artemis which was begun at Ephesus in 541 BC and completed / completed 220 years later
	Colossus of Rhodes	A huge bronze statue of the sun god Helios that was built around 285 BC and that stood beside the harbor entrance on the island of Rhodes for about 50 years before it was toppled by an earthquake
	Hanging Gardens of Babylon	A terraced garden at Babylon watered by pumps from the Euphrates
	Mausoleum at Halicarnasus	A white marble mausoleum 140 feet high built in 352 BC at Halicarnassus as a memorial to a king
	Olympian Zeus	A seated statue of the supreme god of ancient Greek mythology created for the temple at Olympia
	Pyramid, Great Pyramid, Pyramids of Egypt	A massive monument with a square base and four triangular sides
	Tower of Pharos	A great lighthouse (500 feet high) built at Alexandria in 285 BC
Broader	memorial, monument	A structure erected to commemorate persons or events
Usage of	plural, plural form	The form of a word that is used to denote more than one

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