arx

Significado (Inglés)

1. (declension-3, feminine) stronghold, castle, citadel, fortress, acropolis
2. (declension-3, feminine, figuratively) stronghold, castle, citadel, fortress, acropolis
3. (declension-3, feminine) stronghold, castle, citadel, fortress, acropolis
4. (declension-3, feminine, metonymically) height, summit, pinnacle, top, peak (since castles were often built on heights)

Conceptos

castillo

🏰

ciudadela

baluarte

plaza fuerte

alcázar

castro

reducto

punto fuerte

baluerte

bastión

fortaleza

fuerte

alcazaba

Sinónimos

turris

castellum

🏰

castrum

🏰

pugnaculum

robur

Traducciones

castle

🏰

cidadela

citadel

Burg

🏰

cittadella

citadelle

burcht

Kastell

Schloß

Festung

قلعة

castell

🏰

οχυρό

Zitadelle

ciutadella

Pronunciado como (IPA)

[ˈarks]

Etimología (Inglés)

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂erk- (“to protect, guard, hold, lock”). Cognates include Latin arca (“chest, box”), arceō (“I defend”), arcānus (“hidden, secret”), arcera (“covered carriage for sick people”), Old Armenian արգել (argel, “obstacle”) and Ancient Greek ἀρκέω (arkéō, “I ward off, fend off”), Persian ارگ (arg, “citadel”)