BLACK HOLE OF CALCUTTA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Black Hole of Calcutta mean? 

• BLACK HOLE OF CALCUTTA (noun)
  The noun BLACK HOLE OF CALCUTTA has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: BLACK HOLE OF CALCUTTA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BLACK HOLE OF CALCUTTA (noun)

Sense 1

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)