Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

English

Proper noun

the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World pl (plural only)

1. Seven man-made structures that were listed and accepted as the greatest such in the vicinity of the Eastern Mediterranean and Near East. (The Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Pyramids of Giza, the Statue of Zeus, the Temple of Artemis, the Colossus of Rhodes, the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, and the Lighthouse of Alexandria.)

   Synonym: Seven Wonders of the World