The story
Partial calque from Mandarin 天安門廣場／天安门广场 (Tiān'ānmén Guǎngchǎng, literally “square/plaza of Tiananmen ("the gate of Heaven's peacemaking" or conventionally: "the gate of heavenly peace")”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tiananmen Square
Today it means: A large plaza in Dongcheng district, Beijing, China. Full definition →