Look up: Citadel

1. Citadel
   A citadel was a key feature of a Greek city, being the stronghold around which large communities originally developed. When a city expanded, and a protective encircling wall was built to protect the citizens' houses, the citadel lessened in importance, though it often became a religious centre and h...
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2. Citadel
   stronghold within or close to a city
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3. Citadel
   Operational code name for the German attack on the Soviet forces near Kursk, July 1943
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4. Citadel
   Heavily fortified, independent defensive structure within city walls, dominating an ancient or medieval town; in the bastion system, the strongest part of the fort.
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5. citadel
   the fortress commanding a city,which it serves both to protect and to dominate Category: Building industry
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6. Citadel
   A fortress that is within a part of a town but is isolated from it, forming a fortified town within a town. Sometimes it is known as an inner castle, ickale in Turkish.
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7. Citadel
   Cit'a·del noun [ French citadelle , Italian citadella , di.... of citt... city, from Latin civitas . See City .] A fortress in or near a fortified city, commanding the city and fortifications, and intended as a final ...
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8. citadel
   noun a stronghold into which people could go for shelter during a battle
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9. Citadel
   • (n.) 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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10. Citadel
    (from the article `Budapest`) ...south of Castle Hill rises the higher Gellért Hill (771 feet), a steep limestone escarpment overlooking the Danube, which provides a panoramic ...
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11. citadel
    (from the article `Central Asian arts`) ...in the more prosperous, more heavily populated, and more highly urbanized state of Chorasmia (later Khwrezm). Chorasmia`s defensive architecture ... The excavations revealed that Harapp was similar in plan to Mohenjo-daro, with a citadel resting on a raised area on the western flank of the town...
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12. Citadel
    (from the article `Vidor, King`) ...Elmer Rice; Our Daily Bread (1934), dealing with the formation of a farm cooperative; The Wedding Night (1935), containing a sensitive depiction ...
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13. citadel
    citadel 1. A fortress or strongly fortified building in or near a city, used as a place of refuge. 2. An organization or institution which strongly defends a particular way of life or principle. 3. A stronghold or fortified place; a bulwark. 4. Etymology: from 1586, 'fortress commanding a city', ...
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14. Citadel
    A `citadel` is a fortress for protecting a town, sometimes incorporating a author= Sidney Toy|year=1985|publisher=isbn=0486248984-->--> The term derives from the same Latin language|Latin root as the word "city", civis, meaning citizen. In a fortification with bastions, the citadel ...
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15. Citadel
    (disambiguation) A `citadel` is a fortress for protecting a town and may also refer to: Battles: Companies and organisations: Computing: Film and television: Games: Literature: Music: Places: Sports: Other : See also:
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16. Citadel
    (video game) Citadel is a computer game released in 1985 for the Acorn Electron and BBC Micro by Superior Software. A platform game with some puzzle solving elements, the game`s plot involves finding five crystals hidden in various locations in a large castle, together with areas outsi...
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17. Citadel
    (software) `Citadel` is the name of a bulletin board system software program, and of the genre of programs it inspired. Citadels were notable for their room-based structure (see below) and relatively heavy emphasis on messages and conversation as opposed to gaming and files. The first Citadel...
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18. Citadel
    (comics) `The Citadel` is a fictional organization, a fascist empire in the DC Universe. Fictional history: The first Citadelian brother of Auron, and child of the goddess X`Hal adopted the technology of the Psions in order to betray his family and clone his own race of beings called `Citadel...
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19. Citadel
    (Muslimgauze album) `Citadel` is an album by Muslimgauze. The album also received a promo pressing and a bootleg pressing combined with Sufiq by Russian bootleg label Ars Nova. An additional various artists sampler CD was included with some orders, not containing any Muslimgauze...
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20. Citadel
    (U.S. Senate) `Citadel` (sub-title: The Story of the U.S. Senate) is a study of the American Upper House by the journalist, William S. White. Written in 1956, the book anticipates the great changes afoot in post-war Washington. Gunther in `Inside USA` had put the problem of Southern in...
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21. Citadel
    (song) "`Citadel`" is a song by English rock band The Rolling Stones, released as the second track on their 1967 album Their Satanic Majesties Request. Driven by a guitar riff played by Keith Richards, the song is notably harder, with a stronger guitar presence, than other so...
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