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citadel

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cit·a·del  (st-dl, -dl)
n.
1. A fortress in a commanding position in or near a city.
2. A stronghold or fortified place; a bulwark.

[French citadelle, from Italian cittadella, diminutive of città, city, from Latin cvits; see city.]

citadel [ˈsɪtədəl -ˌdɛl]
n
1. (Military / Fortifications) a stronghold within or close to a city
2. any strongly fortified building or place of safety; refuge
3. (Military) a specially strengthened part of the hull of a warship
4. (Christian Churches, other) (often capital) the headquarters of the Salvation Army
[from Old French citadelle, from Old Italian cittadella a little city, from cittade city, from Latin cīvitās]

Citadel a fortress; mole burrows at different levels; used figuratively.
Examples: citadel of mole burrows; of smuggling, 1774; of superstition, 1826.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.citadelcitadel - a stronghold into which people could go for shelter during a battle
acropolis - the citadel in ancient Greek towns
kremlin - citadel of a Russian town
stronghold, fastness - a strongly fortified defensive structure

citadel
noun fortress, keep, tower, stronghold, bastion, fortification, fastness The citadel at Besançon towered above the river.
Translations
citadel [ˈsɪtədl] Nciudadela f; (in Spain, freq) → alcázar m (fig) → reducto m

citadel [ˈsɪtədəl ˈsɪtədɛl] n
(= fortress) → citadelle f
(= bastion) [culture, commerce] → citadelle f

citadel
nZitadelle f

citadel [ˈsɪtədl] ncittadella
citadel [ˈsɪtədl] ncittadella

citadel
n citadel [ˈsitədl]
a fortress, especially in or near a city. vesting قَلْعَه، مَعْقِل цитадела citadela, pevnost kastel; citadel die Zitadelle φρούριο πόλης ciudadela kindlus قلعه؛ دژ linnoitus citadelle מְצוָּדה गढ़, कोट citadela citadella benteng borgarvirki cittadella とりで 요새 citadelė citadele kubu kota citadel kastell, citadell cytadela cidadela citadelă цитадель citadela trdnjava tvrđava citadell ป้อมปราการ hisar, kale 堡壘,要塞 фортеця, цитадель قلعہ ، پناہ گاہ thành trì 垒,


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A French officer, returning from the advanced detachment, rode up to Murat and reported that the gates of the citadel had been barricaded and that there was probably an ambuscade there.
Away off, across the undulating Plain of Attica, could be seen a little square-topped hill with a something on it, which our glasses soon discovered to be the ruined edifices of the citadel of the Athenians, and most prominent among them loomed the venerable Parthenon.
The brain is at least twenty feet from his apparent forehead in life; it is hidden away behind its vast outworks, like the innermost citadel within the amplified fortifications of Quebec.
 
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