citadel
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- noun
- /ˈsɪtəˌdɛl/
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ciudadela
- The ancient citadel served as a last line of defense for the city during the siege.
- citadel walls
- citadel gates
- build a citadel
And at that time, Passiri built a monumental staircase leading up into the citadel of the ancient city.
- And at that time, Passiri built a monumental staircase leading up into the citadel of the ancient city.
Examples
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They've retreated to the town's citadel as a last and probably hopeless stand.
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And late at night, when the tourists are gone and the citadel's gates are locked up, silence descends.
Academic text (2009) -
We need weapons, we need to get back into the citadel.
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All who protect and honor this magnificent Citadel, you have a choice.
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No, the people here, in this citadel, didn't either.
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We speed up the hill toward the citadel, leaving the Caspian plain far below.
Academic text (2008) -
The riches of the citadel were of an earlier generation and had not been renewed.
Fiction book (1998) -
One of them, the citadel, became a mosque after the defeat of the crusaders.
Academic text (2002) -
The island's most spectacular ancient monument is Sigiriya, a fifth-century A.D. citadel atop a 600-foot rock pinnacle.
Academic text (2002) -
During the battle, the soldiers took refuge in the citadel to protect themselves from enemy attacks.
Synonyms
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A strong building where soldiers live to defend an area
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A large strong building or group of buildings to protect people from attack
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A protected place, often a castle, where people defend themselves from attack
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Designing and building military defenses to protect places from attack
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A strong, protected place where people hide during an attack
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A building or wall built to protect a place from attack
A protected place where people hide to be safe from attack
A large fort built to defend a place
How Defensible
Surface Forms
Etymology
Citadel comes from the Italian cittadella, meaning 'little city', and from Latin civitas 'city'. So a citadel is like a small, strong 'city' inside a town where people could shelter and defend themselves.