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Black Hole of Calcutta
/blæk
hoʊl
əv
kˌælkˈətə/
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Black Hole of Calcutta
noun
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.
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donjon
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dungeon
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