Bastille

Etymology


Borrowed from, from : see further at the English entry. The building was known in full as the Bastille Saint-Antoine, and was a former fortress used as a prison by the French monarchy in the 17th and 18th centuries.

Proper noun

 * 1) A former fortress and prison in Paris, France, the storming of which in 1789 began the French Revolution.

Translations

 * Arabic: سَجْن اَلْبَاسْتِيل
 * Armenian: Բաստիլ
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 巴士底獄
 * Finnish: Bastilji
 * French:
 * Japanese: バスティーユ牢獄
 * Korean: ^바스티유 감옥
 * Portuguese: Bastilha
 * Romanian: Bastilia
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: Bastilla
 * Swedish: Bastiljen
 * Turkish: Bastille

Etymology
From.

Proper noun

 * 1) Parisian district around place de la Bastille, where the prison stood
 * 1) Parisian district around place de la Bastille, where the prison stood