fortified settlement

collocation in English

meaningsoffortifyandsettlement

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fortify
verb[T]
uk
/ˈfɔː.tɪ.faɪ/us
/ˈfɔːr.t̬ə.faɪ/
to make something stronger, especially in order to ...
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settlement
noun
uk
/ˈset.əl.mənt/us
/ˈset̬.əl.mənt/
an official agreement that finishes ...
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(Definition offortifyandsettlementfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Historically, this morpheme was used in place names to describe a location as being defensible, such as a hill, a fort, or afortifiedsettlement.
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The whole complex denoted the nature of afortifiedsettlement.
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Afortifiedsettlementwas built at the southeast end.
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It was built up as afortifiedsettlementaround a smelting plant and became a major mining center.
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It is estimated that in the later 10th century the population of thefortifiedsettlementwas about 200.
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The houses were built as one continuous block construction, the outer walls providing both the defensive wall of thefortifiedsettlement.
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There are extensive structure-bearing areas though outside yet integral to thefortifiedsettlement.
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It appears to have existed as a separatefortifiedsettlement.
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Others are of the opinion thefortifiedsettlementappeared in the 10th-11th centuries.
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It was the site of a late-17th centuryfortifiedsettlement.
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It was not until 1160 that a firstfortifiedsettlementwas built there.
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It was named after the family who restored the castle inside thefortifiedsettlementin 1586.
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Inside thefortifiedsettlementone can look at several buildings raised around a private square, fitted with porches, as well as access paths and sewerage canals.
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People began to live in fortified settlements within territories defined by age-set rather than kinship.
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As they progressed, many clans built fortified settlements and mines called "holds" around the richest deposits.
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There are both open villages and fortified settlements ("burgwall" or "grod") on hilltops or in swampy areas.
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His military strategy revolved around sieges and the taking and holding of fortified settlements, in order to construct defensible frontiers.
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Houses in the fortified settlements were located close one to another and narrow passes existed between them.
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Metal working is concentrated in the fortified settlements.
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