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barbakan.

barbican (tower at the entrance to a castle or fortified town)

8 characters3 syllables approx.Polski language

Meaning & usage

noun/barˈba.kan/
  1. barbican (tower at the entrance to a castle or fortified town)

    historical · inanimate · masculine
Where this word comes from

Internationalism; compare English barbican. Possibly borrowed from French barbacane or German Barbakane, possibly through Spanish barbacana, or borrowed from Italian barbacane. Further etymology uncertain, possibly from Arabic بَرْبَخ (barbaḵ, “aqueduct, sewer”) or Persian بابخانه (bâb-xâne, “gatehouse”).

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