stronghold
noun
Origin of stronghold
Synonyms for stronghold
Related Words for stronghold
bastion, garrison, fortress, redoubt, bulwark, fortification, keep, fastness, castle, fort, citadel, presidioExamples from the Web for stronghold
Contemporary Examples of stronghold
A Shiite stronghold wrapped in a Sunni explosive belt—not exactly a picture of stability.
In Diyarbakır, a PKK stronghold, protestors defied orders to remain indoors.
It still remains incredibly difficult for new comics and heroes to get a stronghold in the marketplace.
Aleppo has been a stronghold of the more legitimate opposition to Bashar al-Assad.
Several are dead and Western journalists taken hostage as open warfare erupts around pro-Russian stronghold of Slovyansk.
Historical Examples of stronghold
Meantime the stronghold of Mauburn's optimism was being desperately stormed.
The SpendersHarry Leon Wilson
This stronghold Morgan must have if he ever hoped to win Panama.
Howard Pyle's Book of PiratesHoward Pyle
Silchester was originally a British stronghold, and was called by them Calleva.
English VillagesP. H. Ditchfield
Otherwise, not on Morality, but on Cookery, let us build our stronghold.
Old-Fashioned Ethics and Common-Sense MetaphysicsWilliam Thomas Thornton
Stronghold after stronghold fell into their hands, until they were in Urbino itself.
The Life of Cesare BorgiaRaphael Sabatini