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- Dictionarycitadel/ˈsɪtəd(ə)l/
noun
- 1. a fortress, typically one on high ground above a city: "the garrison withdrew into the citadel"
- 2. a meeting hall of the Salvation Army.
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A citadel is the most fortified area of a town or city. It may be a castle, fortress, or fortified center. The term is a diminutive of city, meaning "little city", because it is a smaller part of the city of which it is the defensive core. In a fortification with bastions, the citadel is the strongest part of the system, sometimes well inside the outer walls and bastions, but often forming part of... Wikipedia