stronghold
意味
- とりで,要さい(fort)
- (思想・活動などの)本拠[地],拠点《of+名》
例文
That village is the enemy's last stronghold.
あの村が敵の最後の牙城です。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English stranghalde, strong-hold, strong-holde, from strong (“having physical strength, sturdy, strong; built to withstand assaults, fortified”) (from Old English strang, strong (“strong”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *strengʰ- (“stiff, tight”)) + hōld (“grasp, grip; control, possession, rule”) (from Old English). By surface analysis, strong + hold.