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zindans

zindans is the plural of zindan.

Meaning of zindan

Noun

zindan (plural zindans)

  1. (Russia) an improvised prison cell consisting of a hole in the ground covered with a metal grille or grate.
    • They should have brought a few journalists into the mountains or to us in Argun when Lisitsyn shot the soldier on the rack—that would be a hoot. Then they would know what real torture is. But with them it’s all zindan this and zindan that. I think they just like the word.2009 February 3, Arkady Babchenko, One Soldier's War, Grove Press, →ISBN

Questions about zindans

What is zindans the plural of?
Zindans is the plural of zindan.

Words near zindans in the dictionary

  1. zincworks
  2. zincy
  3. Zinda
  4. zindabad
  5. zindan
  6. zindans
  7. Zindas
  8. zindeeq
  9. zindeeqs
  10. Zindell
  11. Zinder

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