Robben Island Word Search
Free Robben Island (Cape Town) word search. We picked 12 themed words — architectural features, history, and surrounding places — and laid them out on a 15×15 grid. Drag across the letters to find every word on the list.
Located in Cape Town.
Words to find: MANDELA, MADIBA, APARTHEID, STRUGGLE, IMPRISONMENT, SOLITARY, EXILE, LIGHTHOUSE, CELLBLOCK, CORRIDOR, PRISONYARD, WATCHTOWER.
Words run in any of eight directions, backwards included — if one refuses to turn up, try reading the grid right to left.
Robben Island word list, defined
- APARTHEID /əˈpɑːrtaɪd/ (US), /əˈpɑːtheɪt/ (South African, Afrikaans-influenced) · noun
- A policy or system of rigid racial segregation and discrimination, especially the one enforced in South Africa from 1948 until the early 1990s. By extension, any institutionalized separation of people by race, ethnicity, or other group characteristics. Related: segregation, discrimination, separation, racialism.
- STRUGGLE /strʌɡəl/ · noun, verb
- A struggle is a difficult or violent effort to do something, or a long and hard fight to achieve something. It can also refer to a feeling of great difficulty or hardship. Related: battle, fight, strive, grapple.
- IMPRISONMENT /ɪmˈprɪzənmənt/ · noun
- The state of being confined or imprisoned, typically as a form of punishment. The act of confining or imprisoning someone. Related: incarceration, confinement, detention, imprisoning.
- SOLITARY /ˈsɒlɪtəri/ · adjective
- Living or existing alone; not in company of others. Having no partner or companion. Related: lonely, isolated, solaced, reclusive.
- EXILE /ˈɛɡzaɪl/ /ˈɛksaɪl/ · noun, verb
- The state of being forced to live away from one's home country, or a person who has been so forced; as a verb, to banish someone from their native land or habitual place. Related: banishment, expulsion, deportation, banish.
- LIGHTHOUSE /ˈlaɪtˌhaʊs/ · noun
- A tower with a light at the top, used to warn ships of danger or to guide them into a harbor. A source of guidance or inspiration. Related: beacon, signal, guide, pillar.
- CELLBLOCK /ˈsɛlblɒk/ · noun
- A division of a prison consisting of a set of cells arranged along one or more corridors or tiers, typically housing inmates together under common supervision. Related: cell house, wing, block, cellular wing.
- CORRIDOR /ˈkɒrɪdɔː(r)/ (UK), /ˈkɔːrədər/ (US) · noun
- A long passage in a building from which rooms open on either side. More broadly, a route or strip of land serving as a channel for transport, trade, or movement between places. Related: passage, hallway, hall, corridor-like passageway.
- WATCHTOWER /ˈwɒtʃtaʊər/ · noun
- A tower or other structure used for observation or defense, especially one built to watch for or defend against enemies. A person or thing that watches or supervises something. Related: outpost, fortress, lookout, battlement.
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