stronghold
noun/ˈstrɒŋhəʊld/
/ˈstrɔːŋhəʊld/
- an area in which there is a lot of support for a particular belief or group of people, especially a political party
- a Republican stronghold/a stronghold of Republicanism
- The Labour Party retained its traditional stronghold in the north.
- The college is a stronghold of the child-centred approach to teaching.
- a castle or a place that is strongly built and difficult to attack
- The castle was an important royal stronghold for hundreds of years.
- Troops surrounded the mountain stronghold of the guerrillas.
- an area where there are a large number of a particular type of animal
- This valley is one of the last strongholds of the Siberian tiger.
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