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Bastoy

Bastoy proper noun: an island of Horten, Norway; the site of Bastoy Prison.

Proper noun

Bastoy

  1. An island of Horten, Norway; the site of Bastoy Prison.
    • The aim of Bastoy is not to punish or seek revenge, Nilsen said.2012 May 24, John D. Sutter, “Welcome to the world’s nicest prison”, in CNN

Origin of Bastoy

Borrowed from Norwegian Bastøy.

Questions about Bastoy

What does Bastoy mean?
Bastoy means an island of Horten, Norway; the site of Bastoy Prison.
What part of speech is Bastoy?
Bastoy is a proper noun.

Words near Bastoy in the dictionary

  1. bastons
  2. bastos
  3. bastourma
  4. Bastow
  5. Bastows
  6. Bastoy
  7. Bastrop
  8. Bastrop County
  9. bastrovirus
  10. bastroviruses
  11. basts

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