citadel

nountop, tower

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noun top, tower

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castle

noun. magnificent home, often for royalty

Word Origin & History

1580s, "fortress commanding a city," from Middle French citadelle (15c.), from Italian cittadella, diminutive of Old Italian cittade "city" (Modern Italian citta), from Latin civitatem (nominative civitas; also source of Portuguese citadella, Spanish ciuadela; see city).

Example Sentences for citadel

We then would have pushed for Citadel Hill, which commanded Halifax.

The general knew all about that, because his son was stationed in the Citadel.

It was this that stormed the citadel of my hope, and drove me from even thinking of a God.

In the citadel is also a mosque, now building by the order of the Pasha.

Once it was by the Gauls, as we have read, who captured all the city except the citadel.

In the town and the citadel they had eaten eight hundred horses.

It was a shell, which had demolished a chimney in the Rue Sainte-Barbe, near the citadel.

He seized the Citadel, and did by force what had been refused to his request.

The example of the town, however, was not followed by the citadel.

Follow me with your hoplites, and I will introduce you into the citadel.

citadel

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bastion

bulwark

castle

defense

fort

fort/fortress

fortification

fortress

fortresses

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bastion