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penal colony meaning in Kannada

ಖೈದಿಗಳು ವಾಸಿಸುವ ಸ್ಥಳ

penal colony in Kannada: ಖೈದಿಗಳು ವಾಸಿಸುವ ಸ್ಥಳ. In English, penal colony means a colonial territory used (mainly) for the detention and forced labor of criminals, typically where free labor is desperately scarce.

Kannada words for penal colony

ಖೈದಿಗಳು ವಾಸಿಸುವ ಸ್ಥಳ

English meaning of penal colony

  1. noun A colonial territory used (mainly) for the detention and forced labor of criminals, typically where free labor is desperately scarce.

Full definition of penal colony

penal colony in a sentence

  • Australia was used as a penal colony by the United Kingdom in the 18th to 19th century.

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Questions about penal colony in Kannada

What is the meaning of penal colony in Kannada?
Penal colony in Kannada is ಖೈದಿಗಳು ವಾಸಿಸುವ ಸ್ಥಳ.
penal colony ಪದದ ಕನ್ನಡ ಅರ್ಥ ಏನು?
Penal colony: ಖೈದಿಗಳು ವಾಸಿಸುವ ಸ್ಥಳ.
What does penal colony mean in English?
Penal colony means a colonial territory used (mainly) for the detention and forced labor of criminals, typically where free labor is desperately scarce.

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Kannada words from Kannada Wiktionary: penal colony (page history and authors). English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: penal colony (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Kannada words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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