STRONGHOLD


Meaning of STRONGHOLD in English

(~s)

If you say that a place or region is a ~ of a particular attitude or belief, you mean that most people there share this attitude or belief.

The seat was a ~ of the Labour party.

= bastion

N-COUNT: oft N of n

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