different between fortress vs palanka

English

Etymology

Early 14 c., from Old French forteresce, forteresse, forterece (“strong place, fortification”) [from 12th c.], variant of fortelesse, from Medieval Latin fortalitia, from Latin fortis (“strong”) (see fort) +? -itia, added to adjectives to form nouns of quality or condition. French -ess, from Latin -itia is also in words such as duress, largesse and riches. For change of medial -l- to -r- in Old French, compare orne (“elm”) from ulmus; chartre from cartula and chapitre from capitulum.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?f??.t??s/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?f??.t??s/
• Hyphenation: fort?ress

Noun

fortress (plural fortresses)

1. A fortified place; a large and permanent fortification, sometimes including a town; for example a fort, a castle; a stronghold; a place of defense or security.
2. (chess) A position that, if obtained by the weaker side, will prevent penetration by the opposing side, generally achieving a draw.

Synonyms

• bastion, stronghold, bulwark

Translations

See also

• fortalice, fortilice

Verb

fortress (third-person singular simple present fortresses, present participle fortressing, simple past and past participle fortressed)

1. (transitive) To furnish with a fortress or with fortresses; to guard, to fortify.

English

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ??????? (palanka). Doublet of planch, plank, and phalanx.

Noun

palanka (plural palankas)

1. (military, historical) A permanently entrenched camp attached to Turkish frontier fortresses.

Anagrams

• Kalpana

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ??????? (palanka).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?la?nka/
• Hyphenation: pa?lan?ka

Noun

pàl?nka f (Cyrillic spelling ?????????)

1. a small town on the Balkans
2. a type of wooden fortress on the roads of Ottoman Empire built for the protection of travelers

Declension