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What is a stronghold?

What is a stronghold? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A place built to withstand attack; a fortress.
  2. (figuratively) A place of domination by, or refuge or survival of, a particular group or idea.
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The marshes at the mouth of the Rio Tempisque at Palo Verde National Park are the last stronghold of the jabiru in Central America.
The interior of the stronghold was as utilitarian as the rest of the base, made of white stone with no attempt at ornamentation.
It's a 14th Century Norman castle, which gained fame as the last Irish stronghold to submit to Oliver Cromwell's Roundheads.
It remains a Kurdish stronghold with most people speaking Kurdish as their first language.
The same stronghold was besieged in 1136, when miners again attempted to demolish the walls.
The headland it was built on forms a natural stronghold with the sea on three sides and is only approachable from the north.

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