sta|lag

sta|lag
sta|lag «STAH lahg; German SHTAH LAHK», noun.
a German camp for noncommissioned prisoners of war: »

[He] spent two years in various…stalags in Germany before he broke free (New Yorker).

[< German Stalag < Sta(mm)lag(er) base camp]

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