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Sangar logo #10101) City of Iran 2) City in Asia 3) City of Asia 4) City in Iran 5) Impact crater on Mars 6) Type of Fortification
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Sangar logo #21000[fortification] A Sangar (or sanger) (سنگر) is a temporary fortified position with a breastwork originally constructed of stones, and now built of sandbags and similar materials. Sangars are normally constructed in terrain where the digging of trenches would not be practicable. The term is still frequently used by the British Army. The ...
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Sangar logo #20524Usually used to describe a makeshift bunker or barricade. Probably originates from the Hindi 'sunga', as a sanga(r) is 'stone breastwork used by Indian hill-tribes'.
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Sangar logo #21733[Naval Acronyms and Slang] A built box for a guard at a camp entrance built to give cover from enemy fire
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Sangar logo #21217A sangar is an Indian fortification comprising a dry built stone wall of loose stones used as a defensive position by troops. The Sangar was particularly used at strongpoints on the North-West Frontier of India, where the parapet was about two feet thick at the top and the walls built of the largest possible stones, only and with a slope of 4:1.
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Sangar logo #21217Sangar is a cultivated variety of potato.
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