Citadel

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈsɪtÉ™dÉ™l/, /ˈsɪtÉ™dÉ›l/

Origin

From French citadelle, from Italian cittadella, diminutive of città ("city"), from Latin cīvitās.

Full definition of citadel

Noun

1. A strong fortress that sits high above a city.
2. (sometimes figurative) A stronghold or fortified place.
• 1836, Alexander Slidell Mackenzie, The American in England (page 269)Intrenched within the citadel of our apartment, and cheered by the comfortings of a coal fire, we passed the day in letter-writing, conversation, or gazing from the sheltered security of our windows upon the agitated sea...

Anagrams

• deltaic, dialect, edictal, lactide