Look up: Citadel

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   Citadel
   stronghold within or close to a city
   Found on http://www.castlexplorer.co.uk/glossary.
   
   
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   Citadel
   Operational code name for the German attack on the Soviet forces near Kursk, July 1943
   Found on http://www.secondworldwar.co.uk/glossc.h
   
   
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   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.
   Found on A Glossary of Castle Terminology
   
   
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   citadel
   the fortress commanding a city,which it serves both to protect and to dominate Category: Building industry
   Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition
   
   
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   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.
   Found on http://www.virtualani.org/glossary/index
   
   
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   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 point of defense. Syn . -- Stronghold. See Fortress .
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/84
   
   
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   citadel
   noun a stronghold into which people could go for shelter during a battle
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   Citadel
   A `citadel` is a fortress for protecting a town, sometimes incorporating a castle. The term derives from the same Latin root as the word `city`, `civis`, meaning citizen. Citadels are most often used to protect a garrison or political power from the inhabitants of the town it is defending. They were designed to ensure loyalty from the town which they defended. For example Barcelona had a great citadel built in 1714 to intimidate the Catalans ...
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   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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    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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    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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    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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    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', from Italian cittadella, diminutive (small version) of cit...
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