Taiping Heavenly Kingdom

English

Etymology

Partial calque of Chinese 太平天國 / 太平天国 (Tàipíng Tiānguó).

Proper noun

Taiping Heavenly Kingdom

  1. (historical) A theocratic absolute monarchy based on Christian teaching led by Hong Xiuquan that rebelled against the ruling Qing dynasty from 1851 to 1864 in China.

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