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English noun: Black Hole of Calcutta | |||
| 1. | Black Hole of Calcutta (artifact) 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 | ||
| Instance hypernym | donjon, dungeon, keep | ||
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