stronghold

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈstɹɒŋhəʊld/
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• General-American: /ˈstɹɔŋˌhoʊld/
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From Middle English stranghalde, strong-hold, strong-holde, from strong (“having physical strength, sturdy, strong; built to withstand assaults, fortified”) (from Old English strang, strong (“strong”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *strengh- (“stiff, tight”)) + hōld (“grasp, grip; control, possession, rule”) (from Old English). By surface analysis, strong + hold.

113 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: حِصْن (ḥiṣn) — place built to withstand attack
• Belarusian: крэ́пасць (krépascʹ) — place built to withstand attack
• Belarusian: фартэ́цыя (fartécyja) — place built to withstand attack
• Belarusian: цвердзь (cvjerdzʹ) — place built to withstand attack
• Belarusian: фартэ́ца (fartéca) — place built to withstand attack
• Bulgarian: укрепление (ukreplenie) — place built to withstand attack
• Bulgarian: кре́пост (krépost) — place built to withstand attack
• Catalan: fortalesa — place built to withstand attack
• Chinese Mandarin: 據點 /据点 (jùdiǎn) — place built to withstand attack
• Chinese Mandarin: 堡壘 /堡垒 (bǎolěi) — place built to withstand attack
• Chinese Mandarin: 要塞 (yàosài) — place built to withstand attack
• Czech: pevnost — place built to withstand attack
• Czech: tvrz — place built to withstand attack
• Czech: opevnění — place built to withstand attack
• Danish: borg — place built to withstand attack
• Danish: højborg — place built to withstand attack
• Dutch: fort — place built to withstand attack
• Dutch: vesting — place built to withstand attack
• Dutch: bolwerk — place built to withstand attack
• Dutch: bastion — place built to withstand attack
• Esperanto: fortikaĵo — place built to withstand attack
• Finnish: linnake — place built to withstand attack
• Finnish: linnoitus — place built to withstand attack
• Finnish: tukikohta — place built to withstand attack
• French: bastion — place built to withstand attack
• French: place forte — place built to withstand attack
• Galician: fortaleza — place built to withstand attack
• German: Festung — place built to withstand attack
• Gothic: 𐍄𐌿𐌻𐌲𐌹𐌸𐌰 (tulgiþa) — place built to withstand attack
• Greek: οχυρό (ochyró) — place built to withstand attack
• Greek: φρούριο (froúrio) — place built to withstand attack
• Ancient Greek: ὀχύρωμα (okhúrōma) — place built to withstand attack
• Ancient Greek: ἔρυμα (éruma) — place built to withstand attack
• Hungarian: erőd — place built to withstand attack
• Irish: daingean — place built to withstand attack
• Irish: dún — place built to withstand attack
• Italian: bastione — place built to withstand attack
• Central Kurdish: بنکە (binke) — place built to withstand attack
• Latin: arx — place built to withstand attack
• Latin: robur — place built to withstand attack
• Macedonian: тврдина (tvrdina) — place built to withstand attack
• Macedonian: крепост (krepost) — place built to withstand attack
• Old English: fæsten — place built to withstand attack
• Polish: twierdza — place built to withstand attack
• Polish: bastion — place built to withstand attack
• Polish: forteca — place built to withstand attack
• Portuguese: fortaleza — place built to withstand attack
• Romanian: fortăreață — place built to withstand attack
• Russian: кре́пость (krépostʹ) — place built to withstand attack
• Russian: твердыня (tverdýnja) — place built to withstand attack
• Scottish Gaelic: dùn — place built to withstand attack
• Slovak: pevnosť — place built to withstand attack
• Slovak: tvrdza — place built to withstand attack
• Slovene: utrdba — place built to withstand attack
• Spanish: bastión — place built to withstand attack
• Spanish: fuerte — place built to withstand attack
• Spanish: fortaleza — place built to withstand attack
• Spanish: plaza fuerte — place built to withstand attack
• Swedish: fäste — place built to withstand attack
• Tamil: அரண் (araṇ) — place built to withstand attack
• Tamil: கோட்டை (kōṭṭai) — place built to withstand attack
• Turkish: kale — place built to withstand attack
• Turkish: hısn — place built to withstand attack
• Ottoman Turkish: حصار (hisar) — place built to withstand attack
• Ottoman Turkish: حصن (hısn) — place built to withstand attack
• Ottoman Turkish: قلعه (kalʼe) — place built to withstand attack
• Ottoman Turkish: كرمان (kerman, kirman) — place built to withstand attack
• Ottoman Turkish: قسطل (kastel) — place built to withstand attack
• Ukrainian: форте́ця (fortécja) — place built to withstand attack
• Ukrainian: крі́пость (krípostʹ) — place built to withstand attack
• Ukrainian: тверди́ня (tverdýnja) — place built to withstand attack
• Welsh: cadarnle — place built to withstand attack
• Belarusian: цвярды́ня (cvjardýnja) — place of domination, or refuge or survival
• Belarusian: апло́т (aplót) — place of domination, or refuge or survival
• Bulgarian: крепост (krepost) — place of domination, or refuge or survival
• Chinese Mandarin: 據點 /据点 (jùdiǎn) — place of domination, or refuge or survival
• Chinese Mandarin: 堡壘 /堡垒 (bǎolěi) — place of domination, or refuge or survival
• Czech: bašta — place of domination, or refuge or survival
• Danish: højborg — place of domination, or refuge or survival
• Dutch: bolwerk — place of domination, or refuge or survival
• Faroese: háborg — place of domination, or refuge or survival
• Finnish: tukialue — place of domination, or refuge or survival
• Finnish: linnake — place of domination, or refuge or survival
• Finnish: keskuspaikka — place of domination, or refuge or survival
• Finnish: pääpaikka — place of domination, or refuge or survival
• Finnish: tyyssija — place of domination, or refuge or survival
• French: fief — place of domination, or refuge or survival
• German: Hochburg — place of domination, or refuge or survival
• Greek: οχυρό (ochyró) — place of domination, or refuge or survival
• Icelandic: aðalvígi — place of domination, or refuge or survival
• Italian: baluardo — place of domination, or refuge or survival
• Korean: 아성 (aseong) — place of domination, or refuge or survival
• Macedonian: збег (zbeg) — place of domination, or refuge or survival
• Macedonian: упориште (uporište) — place of domination, or refuge or survival
• Norwegian Bokmål: høyborg — place of domination, or refuge or survival
• Norwegian Nynorsk: høgborg — place of domination, or refuge or survival
• Polish: bastion — place of domination, or refuge or survival
• Russian: опло́т (oplót) — place of domination, or refuge or survival
• Russian: тверды́ня (tverdýnja) — place of domination, or refuge or survival
• Slovak: bašta — place of domination, or refuge or survival
• Spanish: baluarte — place of domination, or refuge or survival
• Spanish: reducto — place of domination, or refuge or survival
• Spanish: refugio — place of domination, or refuge or survival
• Swedish: högborg — place of domination, or refuge or survival
• Swedish: fäste — place of domination, or refuge or survival
• Swedish: bålverk — place of domination, or refuge or survival
• Turkish: kale — place of domination, or refuge or survival
• Ukrainian: тверди́ня (tverdýnja) — place of domination, or refuge or survival
• Ukrainian: о́пліт (óplit) — place of domination, or refuge or survival
• Ukrainian: оплі́т (oplít) — place of domination, or refuge or survival
• Ukrainian: опло́т (oplót) — place of domination, or refuge or survival
• Vietnamese: thành trì — place of domination, or refuge or survival
• Welsh: amddiffynfa — place of domination, or refuge or survival