"death row" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: death rows [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} death row (countable and uncountable, plural death rows)
  1. The section of a prison which houses those inmates who are sentenced to death. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Capital punishment, Death, Prison Translations (section of a prison which houses those inmates who are sentenced to death): 死囚牢房 (sǐqiú láofáng) (Chinese Mandarin), dødsgang [common-gender] (Danish), mortpuna prizono (Esperanto), mortokoridoro (Esperanto), kuolemanjono (Finnish), couloir de la mort [masculine] (French), Todestrakt [masculine] (German), אגף הנידונים למוות (agáf hanidoním lamávet) [masculine] (Hebrew), siralomház (Hungarian), tempat para terpidana mati (Indonesian), braccio della morte [masculine] (Italian), 死刑囚監房 (shikeishū kanbō) (alt: しけいしゅう かんぼう) (Japanese), 사형수 (sahyeongsu) (Korean), cela śmierci [feminine] (Polish), corredor da morte [masculine] (Portuguese), ка́мера сме́ртников (kámera smértnikov) [feminine] (Russian), corredor de la muerte [masculine] (Spanish), dödscell [common-gender] (Swedish)

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