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gulag

gulag

English

Noun

gulag ‎(plural gulags)

  1. A prison camp.
  2. A generic name for the system of all Soviet prison and/or labor camps in use during the Stalinist period.

Translations

References

  1. ↑ “gulag” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.
  2. ↑

Portuguese

Noun

gulag m (plural gulags)

  1. gulag (Soviet labour camp)

Spanish

Noun

gulag m ‎(plural gulags)

  1. gulag

Etymology

From the Russian acronym ГУЛА́Г ‎(GULÁG): Гла́вное управле́ние исправи́тельно-трудовы́х лагере́й ‎(Glávnoje upravlénije ispravítelʹno-trudovýx lageréj, “Chief Administration of Corrective-Labor Camps, Main Directorate for Places of Detention, Main Administration of Corrective Labor Camps, etc.”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡu.lɑg/,[1] or sometimes /ˈɡu.læɡ/[2]

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