stronghold

🇺🇸 /ˈstrɔːŋhəʊld/ 🇬🇧 /ˈstrɒŋhəʊld/
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noun
R

A place where a political party or belief has a lot of support.

The Labour Party retained its traditional stronghold in the north.

R

A castle or a place that is built strongly and is hard to attack.

The castle was an important royal stronghold for hundreds of years.

R

An area where a particular type of animal lives in large numbers.

This valley is one of the last strongholds of the Siberian tiger.

translation

n. A place where a political party or belief has a lot of support.; A castle or a place that is built strongly and is hard to attack.; An area where a particular type of animal lives in large numbers.

Word Forms

Plural strongholds