arx

Meaning

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)

Concepts

castle

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citadel

bastion

fortress

stronghold

rook

alcazar

donjon

town

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Synonyms

turris

castellum

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castrum

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pugnaculum

robur

Translations

Burg

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cidadela

cittadella

Kastell

burcht

citadelle

château

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Festung

قلعة

castell

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οχυρό

bastion

Schloß

Zitadelle

ciutadella

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈarks]

Etymology

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”)