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1. (n.) citadel
a fortress for commanding or defending a city.
2. citadel
any strongly fortified place; stronghold.
Etymology: (1580–90; < MF citadelle < early It cittadella=cittad(e)city+-ella -elle)
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1. (noun) bastion, citadel
a stronghold into which people could go for shelter during a battle
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1. (noun) citadel
a fortress in or near a fortified city, commanding the city and fortifications, and intended as a final point of defense
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Sense: a fortress, especially in or near a city.
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 Afrikaans: vesting |
 Arabic: قَلْعَه، مَعْقِل |
 Bulgarian: цитадела |
 Brazilian: cidadela |
 Czech: citadela, pevnost |
 German: die Zitadelle |
 Danish: kastel; citadel |
 Greek: φρούριο πόλης |
 Spanish: ciudadela |
 Estonian: kindlus |
 Farsi: قلعه؛ دژ |
 Finnish: linnake |
 French: citadelle |
 Hebrew: מְצוָּדה |
 Hindi: गढ़, कोट |
 Croatian: citadela |
 Hungarian: citadella |
 Indonesian: benteng |
 Icelandic: borgarvirki |
 Italian: cittadella |
 Japanese: とりで |
 Korean: 요새 |
 Lithuanian: citadelė |
 Latvian: citadele |
 Malay: kubu kota |
 Dutch: citadel |
 Norwegian: kastell, citadell |
 Polish: cytadela |
 Persian: قلعه؛ دژ |
 Pashto: (لش) نظامى كلا، ارګ: سنګر |
 Portuguese: cidadela |
 Romanian: citadelă |
 Russian: цитадель |
 Slovak: citadela |
 Slovenian: trdnjava |
 Serbian: tvrđava |
 Swedish: citadell |
 Thai: ป้อมปราการ |
 Turkish: hisar, kale |
 Taiwanese: 堡壘，要塞 |
 Ukrainian: фортеця, цитадель |
 Urdu: قلعہ ، پناہ گاہ |
 Vietnamese: thành trì |
 Chinese: 堡垒，城堡 |
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