bastille

[US]/bæ'stiːl/
[UK]/bæs'til/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. linnoitus; vankila
Word Forms
Pluralbastilles

Phrases & Collocations

storming the Bastille

Bastiljin valloitus

Bastille Day

Bastiljun päivä

Example Sentences

Sade spends his time in the bastille.

Sade viettää aikaansa Bastiljessa.

With the fall of the Bastille in 1789, a wave of euphoria swept over Europe.

Bastiljinin kaatumisen myötä vuonna 1789 Euroopan ylle vyöryi euforian aalto.

political prisoners in the Bastille

poliittiset vangitut Bastiljessa

the fall of the Bastille

Bastiljinin kaatuminen

imprisoned in the Bastille

vangittuina Bastiljessa

the storming of the Bastille marked the beginning of the French Revolution

Bastiljinin valtaus merkitsi Ranskan vallankumouksen alkua

the Bastille was a symbol of royal tyranny

Bastilija oli kuninkaallisen tyrannian symboli

the Bastille was demolished in 1789

Bastilija purettiin vuonna 1789

the Bastille was originally built as a medieval fortress

Bastilija rakennettiin alun perin keskiaikaisena linnoituksena

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