köken: From Old Occitan or Old French balouart, from Middle Dutch bolwerc, from Middle High German bolwerc, from bole (“plank, beam”) (from Proto-Germanic *bullǭ) + werc (“work”). Related to English bulwark. Doublet of boulevard.
La mejor arma es la oración y el más terrible baluarte las virtudes y el buen ejemplo.
billow, roller, large wave (also figuratively) · rampart, dyke, wall (an earthen embankment, possibly faced with stone, used as a defensive fortification) · barrage fire
çekim: çoğul валы́ · tamlayan ва́ла
eş: насыпь, волна, шпиндель
köken: Inherited from Old East Slavic валъ (valŭ), from Proto-Slavic *valъ.
bulwark (a defensive wall or rampart) · bulwark (a defense or safeguard) · linchpin (central cohesive source of stability and security)
çekim: çoğul baluartes
köken: From Old Occitan or Old French balouart, from Middle Dutch bolwerc, from Middle High German bolwerc, from bole (“plank, beam”) (from Proto-Germanic *bullǭ) + werc (“work”). Related to English bulwark. Doublet of bulevar.
köken: From Old Swedish bolverk or bulværk, from Middle Low German bolwerk. Superficially equivalent to bål (“bole; stem; sturdy plank”) + verk. Doublet of bulevard. Cognate of German Bollwerk, Danish bolværk, Dutch bolwerk, English bulwark, French boulevard.
bastion, stronghold (place built to withstand attack) · bastion, stronghold (place of domination by, or refuge or survival of, a particular group or idea) · bastion (person, group, or thing, that strongly defends some principle)
çekim: çoğul bastiony · tamlayan bastionu
eş: beluarda, bulwar
köken: Borrowed from French bastion, from Old French bastille.
köken: Borrowed from Classical Persian قلعه (qal'a), from Arabic قَلْعَة (qalʕa). Compare with Bengali কেল্লা (kella), Marathi किल्ला (killā), Punjabi ਕਿਲ੍ਹਾ (kilhā).
castle (large fortified residential building) · castle (house or mansion with some of the architectural features of medieval castles) · palace (official residence of a head of state or other dignitary)
earthwork, particularly defensive ramparts or bulwarks, dykes, dams, causeways, and piers · rubble or earth used or intended for such earthwork · any rampart or defensive wall
çekim: çoğul aggerēs · tamlayan aggeris
köken: If not directly from aggerō (“carry towards”), from its root.