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"ref": "a. 1513, Robert Fabyan, Henry Ellis, “Gallie Prouincia”, in The New Chronicles of England and France, in Two Parts; … Named by Himself the Concordance of Histories. Reprinted from Pynson’s Edition of 1516. The First Part Collated with the Editions of 1533, 1542, and 1559; and the Second with a Manuscript of the Author’s Own Time, as well as the Subsequent Editions: Including the Different Continuations. To which are Added a Biographical and Literary Preface, and an Index, volume V, London: F. C. and J. Rivington [et al.], published 1811, →OCLC, pars quinta [part V], capitulum lxxvii, page 56:",
"text": "AFter this victory thus opteyned by the Sicambris, they waxed so stronge that they wan frome yᵉ Almaynes dyuers Townes & stronge holds wᵗin Germania, and after that they opteyned yᵉ famous Cytie named Treueris; which as wytnessyth yᵉ Auctour of Cronica Cronicaruin, was firste foundyd in the Towne of the Patryarch Abraham before the Incarnation of Criste.",
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"text": "For security's sake they [the Germans] gathered together in villages and cities. These they surrounded with heavy walls and towers, and protected them by castles, erected on steep cliffs and mountains. The custody of these strongholds was entrusted to the most efficient warriors, who in time formed a separate class, the nobility, from which the heads of the whole nation, the princes, kings and emperors were chosen.",
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"ref": "2022 January 12, Dr. Joseph Brennan, “Castles: ruined and redeemed by rail”, in RAIL, number 948, page 54:",
"text": "As Edwin Clark [...] wrote in 1850: \"[...] The lofty towers of the castle overhang the western approach to the Bridge, and the line passes into Conway through an opening pierced in the embattled wall, which entirely surrounds the town. These fortifications are in good preservation, and rank among the most perfect examples of the strongholds of the 13th century.\"",
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],
[
"survival",
"survival"
],
[
"group",
"group#Noun"
],
[
"idea",
"idea"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figuratively) A place of domination by, or refuge or survival of, a particular group or idea."
],
"tags": [
"figuratively"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈstɹɒŋhəʊld/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈstɹɔŋˌhoʊld/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b6/En-us-stronghold.ogg"
},
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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3c/En-au-stronghold.ogg"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ḥiṣn",
"sense": "place built to withstand attack",
"word": "حِصْن"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "krépascʹ",
"sense": "place built to withstand attack",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "крэ́пасць"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "fartécyja",
"sense": "place built to withstand attack",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "фартэ́цыя"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "cvjerdzʹ",
"sense": "place built to withstand attack",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "цвердзь"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "fartéca",
"sense": "place built to withstand attack",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "фартэ́ца"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "ukreplenie",
"sense": "place built to withstand attack",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "укрепление"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "krépost",
"sense": "place built to withstand attack",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "кре́пост"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "place built to withstand attack",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fortalesa"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "place built to withstand attack",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pevnost"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "place built to withstand attack",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tvrz"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "place built to withstand attack",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "opevnění"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "place built to withstand attack",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "borg"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "place built to withstand attack",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "fort"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "place built to withstand attack",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "vesting"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "place built to withstand attack",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "bolwerk"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "place built to withstand attack",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "bastion"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "place built to withstand attack",
"word": "fortikaĵo"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "place built to withstand attack",
"word": "linnake"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "place built to withstand attack",
"word": "linnoitus"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "place built to withstand attack",
"word": "tukikohta"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "place built to withstand attack",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bastion"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "place built to withstand attack",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "place forte"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "place built to withstand attack",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fortaleza"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "place built to withstand attack",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Festung"
},
{
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "tulgiþa",
"sense": "place built to withstand attack",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "𐍄𐌿𐌻𐌲𐌹𐌸𐌰"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "ochyró",
"sense": "place built to withstand attack",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "οχυρό"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "froúrio",
"sense": "place built to withstand attack",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "φρούριο"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "okhúrōma",
"sense": "place built to withstand attack",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ὀχύρωμα"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "éruma",
"sense": "place built to withstand attack",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ἔρυμα"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "place built to withstand attack",
"word": "erőd"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "place built to withstand attack",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "daingean"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "place built to withstand attack",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dún"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "place built to withstand attack",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bastione"
},
{
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "binke",
"sense": "place built to withstand attack",
"word": "بنکە"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "place built to withstand attack",
"word": "arx"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "place built to withstand attack",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "robur"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "tvrdina",
"sense": "place built to withstand attack",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "тврдина"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "krepost",
"sense": "place built to withstand attack",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "крепост"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "place built to withstand attack",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "fæsten"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "hisar",
"sense": "place built to withstand attack",
"word": "حصار"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "hısn",
"sense": "place built to withstand attack",
"word": "حصن"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "kalʼe",
"sense": "place built to withstand attack",
"word": "قلعه"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "kerman, kirman",
"sense": "place built to withstand attack",
"word": "كرمان"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "kastel",
"sense": "place built to withstand attack",
"word": "قسطل"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "place built to withstand attack",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "twierdza"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "place built to withstand attack",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bastion"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "place built to withstand attack",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "forteca"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "place built to withstand attack",
"word": "fortaleza"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "place built to withstand attack",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fortăreață"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "krépostʹ",
"sense": "place built to withstand attack",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "кре́пость"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "tverdýnja",
"sense": "place built to withstand attack",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "твердыня"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "place built to withstand attack",
"word": "dùn"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "place built to withstand attack",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pevnosť"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "place built to withstand attack",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tvrdza"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "place built to withstand attack",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "utrdba"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "place built to withstand attack",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bastión"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "place built to withstand attack",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fuerte"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "place built to withstand attack",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fortaleza"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "place built to withstand attack",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "plaza fuerte"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "place built to withstand attack",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "fäste"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "place built to withstand attack",
"word": "kale"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "place built to withstand attack",
"word": "hısn"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "fortécja",
"sense": "place built to withstand attack",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "форте́ця"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "krípostʹ",
"sense": "place built to withstand attack",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "крі́пость"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "tverdýnja",
"sense": "place built to withstand attack",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "тверди́ня"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "place built to withstand attack",
"word": "cadarnle"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "cvjardýnja",
"sense": "place of domination, or refuge or survival",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "цвярды́ня"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "aplót",
"sense": "place of domination, or refuge or survival",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "апло́т"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "krepost",
"sense": "place of domination, or refuge or survival",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "крепост"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "place of domination, or refuge or survival",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bašta"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "place of domination, or refuge or survival",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "højborg"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "place of domination, or refuge or survival",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "bolwerk"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "place of domination, or refuge or survival",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "háborg"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "place of domination, or refuge or survival",
"word": "tukialue"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "place of domination, or refuge or survival",
"word": "linnake"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "place of domination, or refuge or survival",
"word": "keskuspaikka"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "place of domination, or refuge or survival",
"word": "pääpaikka"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "place of domination, or refuge or survival",
"word": "tyyssija"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "place of domination, or refuge or survival",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fief"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "place of domination, or refuge or survival",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Hochburg"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "ochyró",
"sense": "place of domination, or refuge or survival",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "οχυρό"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "place of domination, or refuge or survival",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "aðalvígi"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "place of domination, or refuge or survival",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "baluardo"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "zbeg",
"sense": "place of domination, or refuge or survival",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "збег"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "uporište",
"sense": "place of domination, or refuge or survival",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "упориште"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "place of domination, or refuge or survival",
"word": "høyborg"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "place of domination, or refuge or survival",
"word": "høgborg"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "place of domination, or refuge or survival",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bastion"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "oplót",
"sense": "place of domination, or refuge or survival",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "опло́т"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "tverdýnja",
"sense": "place of domination, or refuge or survival",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "тверды́ня"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "place of domination, or refuge or survival",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bašta"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "place of domination, or refuge or survival",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "baluarte"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "place of domination, or refuge or survival",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "reducto"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "place of domination, or refuge or survival",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "refugio"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "place of domination, or refuge or survival",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "högborg"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "place of domination, or refuge or survival",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "fäste"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "place of domination, or refuge or survival",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "bålverk"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "place of domination, or refuge or survival",
"word": "kale"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "tverdýnja",
"sense": "place of domination, or refuge or survival",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "тверди́ня"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "óplit",
"sense": "place of domination, or refuge or survival",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "о́пліт"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "oplít",
"sense": "place of domination, or refuge or survival",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "оплі́т"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "oplót",
"sense": "place of domination, or refuge or survival",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "опло́т"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "place of domination, or refuge or survival",
"word": "thành trì"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "place of domination, or refuge or survival",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "amddiffynfa"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Hamlet",
"Helsingør",
"Kronborg",
"William Shakespeare"
],
"word": "stronghold"
}
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