Etymology

katorga

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Today it means: A tsarist or Soviet labour camp. Full definition →

Russian ка́торга
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The story

  1. Russian · borrowed fromка́торга“penal servitude”
  2. English todaykatorga

From Russian ка́торга (kátorga, “penal servitude”).

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