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Seven Wonders of the World

Syllabification: (Sev·en Won·ders of the World)
Definition of Seven Wonders of the World
  • the seven most spectacular man-made structures of the ancient world.

Traditionally they comprise (1) the pyramids of Egypt, especially those at Giza; (2) the Hanging Gardens of Babylon; (3) the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus; (4) the temple of Artemis at Ephesus in Asia Minor; (5) the Colossus of Rhodes; (6) the huge ivory and gold statue of Zeus at Olympia in Peloponnesus, made by Phidias circa 430 bc; (7) the Pharos of Alexandria (or in some lists, the walls of Babylon)

Seven Wonders of the World in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of Seven Wonders of the World in the British & World English dictionary