different between citadel vs acropolis

English

Etymology

From French citadelle, from Italian cittadella, diminutive of città (“city”), from Latin c?vit?s.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?t?d?l/, /?s?t?d?l/

Noun

citadel (plural citadels)

1. A strong fortress that sits high above a city.
2. (sometimes figuratively) 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 […]

3. An armoured portion of a warship, housing important equipment.
   • 2000, Lincoln P. Paine, Warships of the World to 1900

     Twenty-two of these — eleven per broadside — were on the main deck within a central citadel, essentially an armor-protected box in the middle of the ship. Also within the citadel were four 110-pdr. breech-loaders.

4. A Salvation Army meeting place.

Translations

Anagrams

• dactile, deltaic, dialect, edictal, lactide

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowe from Middle French citadelle, from Italian cittadella, diminutive of città (“city”), from Latin c?vit?s.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?si.ta??d?l/
• Hyphenation: ci?ta?del
• Rhymes: -?l

Noun

citadel f (plural citadellen or citadels, diminutive citadelletje n)

1. citadel

Anagrams

• dialect

English

Alternative forms

• akropolis

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????????? (akrópolis), from ????? (ákros, “topmost”, “tip”, “summit”) + ????? (pólis, “city”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ?kr??p?l?s, IPA^(key): /??k??p?l?s/,

Noun

acropolis (plural acropolises or acropoleis)

1. A promontory (usually fortified with a citadel) forming the hub of many Grecian cities, and around which many were built for defensive purposes before and during the classical period; compare Acropolis.

Related terms

• acropolitan (pertaining adjective)
• acropoli (non-standard plural)

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• prosocial