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CITADEL

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Dictionary entry overview: What does citadel mean?

• CITADEL (noun)
The noun CITADEL has 1 sense:

1. a stronghold into which people could go for shelter during a battle

Familiarity information: CITADEL used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• CITADEL (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A stronghold into which people could go for shelter during a battle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

citadel; bastion

Hypernyms ("citadel" is a kind of...):

fastness; stronghold (a strongly fortified defensive structure)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "citadel"):

acropolis (the citadel in ancient Greek towns)

kremlin (citadel of a Russian town)

Instance hyponyms:

Kremlin (citadel of Moscow, housing the offices of the Russian government)

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