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.
çekim: geçmiş försvarade · ortaç försvarad · ulaç försvarande
köken: From Old Swedish forsvara, calque of Middle Low German vorantworden (cf. German verantworten and Dutch verantwoorden), equivalent to för- + svara. Cognate with Danish forsvare, Norwegian Bokmål forsvare, Norwegian Nynorsk forsvara, forsvare.
çekim: geçmiş apărat · ortaç apărat · şimdiki apără
eş: proteja, ocroti
köken: Inherited from Latin apparāre (“to prepare”). Compare Italian apparare (“prepare”), Spanish aparar (“prepare, arrange”). Cf. also Occitan aparar (“protect”), which may be from a different but related root.
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.