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bastide

American  
[ba-steed] / bæˈstid /

noun

  1. a medieval fortified town, planned as a whole and built at one time, especially in southern France, for strategic or commercial purposes.

  2. a small country house in southern France.

Etymology

Origin of bastide

1515–25; < Middle French < Old Provençal bastida fortification, noun use of feminine past participle of bastir to build, equivalent to basti- (< Germanic; baste 1 ) + -da < Latin -ta feminine past participle suffix

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