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means A fortified building or stronghold built to defend a position against attack.
from From Latin 'fortis,' meaning strong, by way of Old French 'fort.' The same sturdy root braces 'fortify,' 'fortress,' and even 'forte' — the thing you're strong at — so a fort is, quite literally, a strong place.
- word roots
- From Latin fortis, meaning strong
- fort vs fortress
- Forts hold troops; fortresses also shelter towns
- star design
- Angular bastions left attackers no safe blind spots
- city seeds
- Many world cities grew from old fort walls
fort sumter — charleston, south carolina harbor where confederate forces fired the first shots of the american civil war on april 12, 1861
fort knox — u.s. army post in kentucky that holds the largest gold repository in the world, approximately 147.3 million ounces
fort jefferson — massive 19th-century coastal fortress in the dry tortugas, florida keys, built to guard the gulf of mexico