stronghold
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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.
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| —n | |
| 1. | a defensible place; fortress |
| 2. | a major centre or area of predominance |
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Stronghold
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
stronghold
early 15c., from strong (adj.) + hold (n.) "fortified place, refuge."
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Example sentences
The refuge is a stronghold for populations of the endangered palmate-bracted bird's-beak and the threatened giant garter snake.
In effect, each entrepôt carved its own stronghold from different niches of the world trading system.
Insurgents soon seized the city and turned it into a strategic stronghold.
He was living in an insurgent stronghold, and any attempt to get near him could not have been kept secret.
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