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citadel

[sit-uh-dl, -uh-del] / ˈsɪt ə dl, -əˌdɛl /


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Closer to the border, the citadel in the village of Shamaa was also partly destroyed by the Israeli military.

From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026

And discovered his house was built on a medieval citadel.

From BBC • Oct. 25, 2024

This winter, he and Murphy went to Peru and toured Machu Picchu, the 15th-century Inca citadel perched on an 8,000-foot-high mountain ridge.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2024

“Here I am at 68 years old and I’m walking around this citadel of my childhood,” he said during a Zoom interview last week.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 25, 2024

Here, the slick blue mesarthium of which the entire citadel was constructed was softened almost to an afterthought by Sparrow’s orchids.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor




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