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stronghold

[strawng-hohld, strong-] Origin

strong·hold

[strawng-hohld, strong-]
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 Middle English; see strong, hold1


1, 2. bulwark, bastion. 2. home, refuge.

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stronghold (ˈstrɒŋˌhəʊld)
 
n
1.  a defensible place; fortress
2.  a major centre or area of predominance
 
[C15: from strong + hold1 (in the archaic sense: a fortified place)]

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stronghold
early 15c., from strong (adj.) + hold (n.) "fortified place, refuge."
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