BLACK HOLE OF CALCUTTA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A dungeon (20 feet square) in a fort in Calcutta where as many as 146 English prisoners were held overnight by Siraj-ud-daula; the next morning only 23 were still alive

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Nouns denoting man-made objects

Instance hypernyms:

donjon; dungeon; keep (the main tower within the walls of a medieval castle or fortress)

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