baluarte

Concepts

bastion

bulwark

rampart

stronghold

rook

fortress

fastness

citadel

bulkhead

sconce

battlement

walling timber

Synonyms

bastión

reducto

fortaleza

refugio

terraplén

muralla

plaza fuerte

baluerte

ciudadela

Translations

baluarte

bastion

Bollwerk

baluardo

baluard

bastion

قلعة

Wall

bastió

bolwerk

Bastion

rempart

cittadella

citadelle

kale

Hyphenated as

ba‧luar‧te

Pronounced as (IPA)

/baˈlwaɾte/

Etymology

Cognate with English: bulwark

In summary

From Old Occitan or Old French balouart, from Middle Dutch bolwerc, from Middle High German bolwerc, from bole (“plank, beam”) (from Proto-Germanic *bullǭ) + werc (“work”). Related to English bulwark. Doublet of boulevard.