citadel
pronunciation
How to pronounce citadel in British English:
UK [ˈsɪtədəl]
How to pronounce citadel in American English:
US [ˈsɪtədəl, -ˌdɛl]
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- Noun:
- a stronghold into which people could go for shelter during a battle
Word Origin
- citadel
- citadel: see city
- citadel (n.)
- 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).
Synonym
Example
- 1. A high focus will be placed on energy efficiency inside the citadel .
- 2. 5 P.m. - negotiate your way into the damascus citadel , which was the seat of government for successive rulers who invaded the city .
- 3. In the spring of 1703 , he deployed a considerable force against the small citadel of nyenskans at the mouth of the neva .
- 4. If citadel liquidated assets to pay out to investors , losses would be even greater .
- 5. He lifts his portcullis in christian charity -- and the enemy is in his citadel .