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Bastion
//ˈbæsti.ən//
Synonyms for "bastion" (88 found)
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11 entriesTranslations
77 translations across 37 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- bastion noun (projecting part of a rampart)
Armenian
1 entries- բաստիոն noun (projecting part of a rampart)
Belarusian
1 entries- бастыён noun (projecting part of a rampart)
Bulgarian
1 entries- бастио́н noun (projecting part of a rampart)
Catalan
1 entries- bastió noun (projecting part of a rampart)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 堡壘 /堡垒 noun (projecting part of a rampart)
- 棱堡 noun (projecting part of a rampart)
Czech
1 entries- bastion noun (projecting part of a rampart)
Danish
3 entries- bastion noun (projecting part of a rampart)
- bastion noun (person who strongly defends some principle)
- befæstning noun (well-fortified position)
Dutch
2 entries- bastion noun (projecting part of a rampart)
- bolwerk noun (projecting part of a rampart)
Estonian
1 entries- bastion noun (projecting part of a rampart)
Finnish
3 entries- bastioni noun (projecting part of a rampart)
- linnake noun (well-fortified position)
- puolestapuhuja noun (person who strongly defends some principle)
French
1 entries- bastion noun (projecting part of a rampart)
Georgian
1 entries- ბასტიონი noun (projecting part of a rampart)
German
4 entries- Bastei noun (projecting part of a rampart)
- Bastion noun (projecting part of a rampart)
- Bastion noun (well-fortified position)
- Bastion noun (person who strongly defends some principle)
Greek
4 entries- έπαλξη noun (projecting part of a rampart)
- προμαχώνας noun (projecting part of a rampart)
- προπύργιο noun (projecting part of a rampart)
- προπύργιο noun (well-fortified position)
Hungarian
1 entries- bástya noun (projecting part of a rampart)
Irish
1 entries- urdhún noun (projecting part of a rampart)
Italian
4 entries- baluardo noun (person who strongly defends some principle)
- bastione noun (projecting part of a rampart)
- bastione noun (well-fortified position)
- bastione noun (person who strongly defends some principle)
Japanese
1 entries- 堡塁 noun (projecting part of a rampart)
Korean
1 entries- 보루 noun (projecting part of a rampart)
Latin
1 entries- vallum noun (well-fortified position)
Latvian
1 entries- bastions noun (projecting part of a rampart)
Lithuanian
1 entries- bastionas noun (projecting part of a rampart)
Macedonian
1 entries- бастио́н noun (projecting part of a rampart)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- bastion noun (projecting part of a rampart)
- bastion noun (person who strongly defends some principle)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- bastion noun (projecting part of a rampart)
- bastion noun (person who strongly defends some principle)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- برج noun (projecting part of a rampart)
- طابیه noun (projecting part of a rampart)
Polish
3 entries- bastion noun (projecting part of a rampart)
- bastion noun (well-fortified position)
- bastion noun (person who strongly defends some principle)
Portuguese
4 entries- baluarte noun (person who strongly defends some principle)
- bastião noun (projecting part of a rampart)
- bastião noun (well-fortified position)
- bastião noun (person who strongly defends some principle)
Romanian
3 entries- bastion noun (projecting part of a rampart)
- bastion noun (well-fortified position)
- bastion noun (person who strongly defends some principle)
Russian
1 entries- бастио́н noun (projecting part of a rampart)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- bastìōn noun (projecting part of a rampart)
- bèdem noun (projecting part of a rampart)
- ùporīšte noun (projecting part of a rampart)
- бастѝо̄н noun (projecting part of a rampart)
Slovak
1 entries- bastión noun (projecting part of a rampart)
Slovene
1 entries- bastijon noun (projecting part of a rampart)
Spanish
3 entries- bastión noun (projecting part of a rampart)
- bastión noun (well-fortified position)
- bastión noun (person who strongly defends some principle)
Swedish
2 entries- bastion noun (projecting part of a rampart)
- befästning noun (well-fortified position)
Ukrainian
1 entries- бастіо́н noun (projecting part of a rampart)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
[…] Fort Camosun had swelled herself from being a little Hudson's Bay Fort, inside a stockade with bastions at the corners, into being the little town of Victoria, and the capital of British Columbia.
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a bastion of hope
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the bastion of democracy
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