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.

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

Traducións

Festung

fortaleza

forteresse

bastion

Hochburg

fuerte

fortezza

Feste

οχυρό

baluarte

baluarte

roccaforte

Bollwerk

fortaleza

Pronúnciase como (IPA)

/ˈstɹɒŋhəʊld/

Etimoloxía (Inglés)

Herdado de Middle English: strong-hold

Herdado de Old English: strang

Herdado de Old English: -

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).

Frases

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