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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
strong·hold       [strawng-hohld, strong-] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.a well-fortified place; fortress.
2.a place that serves as the center of a group, as of militants or of persons holding a controversial viewpoint: The campus was a stronghold of liberalism.

[Origin: 1375–1425; late ME; see strong, hold1]

1, 2. bulwark, bastion. 2. home, refuge.
American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
strong·hold       (strông'hōld')  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. A fortified place or a fortress.
    1. A place of survival or refuge: one of the last strongholds of an age-old tradition.
    2. An area dominated or occupied by a special group or distinguished by a special quality: a feminist stronghold; a stronghold of democracy.

Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
stronghold 
c.1425, from strong (adj.) + hold (n.) "fortified place, refuge."

WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This
stronghold

noun
a strongly fortified defensive structure 

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Stronghold

Strong"hold`\, n. A fastness; a fort or fortress; fortfield place; a place of security.

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