dungeon
/ˈdʌndʒən/noun
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कालकोठरी, तहख़ाना
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a dark underground room used as a prison, especially in a castle
कालकोठरी, तहख़ाना
- The prisoner was thrown into a dungeon.
- The tourists shivered as the guide led them into the damp dungeon of the old fort.
- Prisoners in the old fort were once kept in a dungeon below the main gate.
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- The guide switched off his torch so we could feel how dark the dungeon was.
- Legend says the king's rival spent ten years in a dungeon.
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?Which word?
Keep the prison words together: dungeon (a dark underground prison in a castle), cell (a small room in a prison), jail or prison, solitary confinement (keeping a prisoner alone).
जेल के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: dungeon (क़िले में अँधेरी भूमिगत जेल, कालकोठरी), cell (जेल का छोटा कमरा), jail या prison, solitary confinement (कैदी को अकेले रखना, एकांत कारावास)।
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General knowledge
The Cellular Jail in Port Blair (Kala Pani) in the Andaman Islands was used by the British to imprison freedom fighters such as Vinayak Damodar Savarkar and Batukeshwar Dutt.
अंडमान द्वीपों में पोर्ट ब्लेयर की सेलुलर जेल (काला पानी) का उपयोग अंग्रेज़ों ने विनायक दामोदर सावरकर और बटुकेश्वर दत्त जैसे स्वतंत्रता सेनानियों को कैद करने के लिए किया।