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PENAL COLONY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does penal colony mean? 

PENAL COLONY (noun)
  The noun PENAL COLONY has 1 sense:

1. a penal institution where prisoners are exiled (often located on an island from which escape is difficult or impossible)play

  Familiarity information: PENAL COLONY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PENAL COLONY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A penal institution where prisoners are exiled (often located on an island from which escape is difficult or impossible)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("penal colony" is a kind of...):

penal facility; penal institution (an institution where persons are confined for punishment and to protect the public)


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