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Hanoi hilton

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  1. 1
    Hỏa Lò Prison in Vietnam, where prisoners of war were held and tortured. US, euphemistic, historical, slang

    "The Hilton Hanoi Opera hotel has opened, a few blocks from Hoa Lo, the infamous “Hanoi Hilton” where American prisoners were held during the Vietnam War. (The few remaining cells of that prison have been preserved as a museum.)"

Etymology

From Hanoi + Hilton. An alliterative construction, pairing the location Hanoi (metonymically referring to North Vietnam) with a word referring to lodgings. An ironic reference to the Hilton chain of luxury hotels.

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