stronghold

Significado (Inglés)

1. A place built to withstand attack; a fortress.
2. (figuratively) A place of domination by, or refuge or survival of, a particular group or idea.

Conceptos

fortaleza

baluarte

fuerte

plaza fuerte

bastión

reducto

torreón

plaza

refugio

Sinónimos

fortress

fort

citadel

fortification

fastness

base

bastion

bulwark

castle

🏰

rampart

redoubt

headquarters

fortified place

inner citadel

strong point

enclosure

refuge

blockhouse

hold

keep

hill-fort

base of operation

defensible place

concentrated area

block house

block-house

walling timber

borough

bulkhead

castling

center

crucial point

garrison

ground

home plate

munition

outpost

sconce

stand

stockade

tower

fortified town

troop headquarters

daimyo’s inn

main fort

strategic position

Traducciones

Festung

forteresse

bastion

Hochburg

Feste

οχυρό

fortezza

baluarte

roccaforte

fortaleza

Hauptquartier

bastille

Bollwerk

fortalesa

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈstɹɒŋhəʊld/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de inglés medio: strong-hold

Heredado de inglés antiguo: strang

Heredado de inglés antiguo: -

In summary

From Middle English strong-hold, strong-holde, stranghalde (equivalent to strong + hold), from Middle English strong (“having physical strength, sturdy, strong; built to withstand assaults, fortified”) (from Old English strang, strong (“strong”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *strengʰ- (“stiff, tight”)) + Middle English hōld (“grasp, grip; control, possession, rule”) (from Old English).

Oraciones

He disembarked his fighting men and besieged the stronghold for several weeks .