Grand Canal
Americannoun
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a canal in E China, extending S from Tientsin to Hangchow. 900 miles (1,450 km) long.
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a canal in Venice, Italy, forming the main city thoroughfare.
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Chinese name: Da Yunhe. a canal in E China, extending north from Hangzhou to Tianjin: the longest canal in China, now partly silted up; central section, linking the Yangtze and Yellow Rivers, finished in 486 bc ; north section finished by Kublai Khan between 1282 and 1292. Length: about 1600 km (1000 miles)
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a canal in Venice, forming the main water thoroughfare: noted for its bridges, the Rialto, and the fine palaces along its banks
Example Sentences
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This way, we wouldn’t have to agonize over every ride and could even hop aboard to cross the Grand Canal without having to walk to the nearest bridge.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026
On the sunny banks of the Grand Canal in Hangzhou, she and three other women, all over 55, are touching up their make-up and hair.
From BBC • Apr. 2, 2024
They want to have photographs taken in front of the fountain at the Bellagio Hotel & Casino and glide down the Grand Canal in a gondola at the Venetian Resort.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 31, 2023
Why did Venice’s famous Grand Canal turn bright green?
From New York Times • May 31, 2023
I saw the skins of tigers flaming in his palace on the Grand Canal; I saw him opening a chest of rubies to ease, with their crimson-lighted depths, the gnawings of his broken heart.
From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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