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EnglishMerriam-Webster DictionaryDefinition
- : a fortress that commands (see command entry 1 sense 2c) a city
- : stronghold //… the nation's citadel of health research … — Constance Holden //a citadel of higher education
EnglishMerriam-Webster DictionarySynonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
bastion castle fastness fort fortification fortress hold redoubt strongholdExamples
- //We visited a medieval citadel in Italy.
- //a massive stone citadel continues to command the city of Halifax, Nova Scotia
First Known Use
1542, in the meaning defined at sense 1History and Etymology
Middle French citadelle, from Old Italian cittadella, diminutive of cittade city, from Medieval Latin civitat-, civitas — more at citycitadel
noun
Synonyms
- a structure or place from which one can resist attack //a massive stone citadel continues to command the city of Halifax, Nova ScotiaSynonyms
Definition
- : a fortress that commands (see command entry 1 sense 2c) a city
- : stronghold //… the nation's citadel of health research … — Constance Holden //a citadel of higher education
Synonyms & AntonymsSynonymsbastion castle fastness fort fortification fortress hold redoubt strongholdExamples- //We visited a medieval citadel in Italy.
- //a massive stone citadel continues to command the city of Halifax, Nova Scotia
First Known Use1542, in the meaning defined at sense 1History and EtymologyMiddle French citadelle, from Old Italian cittadella, diminutive of cittade city, from Medieval Latin civitat-, civitas — more at city