Portuguese
Masculine

baluarte

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  1. (masculine) bulwark (a defensive wall or rampart)
  2. (masculine) bulwark (a defense or safeguard)
  3. (figuratively, masculine) linchpin (central cohesive source of stability and security)

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ba.luˈaʁ.t͡ʃi/
Etymology

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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 bulevar.

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