# Does a black hole have to have a point-like singularity at its core?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 13, 2016, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-a-black-hole-have-to-have-a-point-like-singularity-at-its-core/768397 "2016-10-13T06:38:00Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 12, 2017, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-a-black-hole-have-to-have-a-point-like-singularity-at-its-core/768397/41 "2017-06-12T18:01:07Z")

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> [@markn\_1](#):
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> That’s why the Russian name for “black hole” translates as “frozen star”. (Also because “black hole” is a moderately obscene phrase in Russian.)

Just saw this - that’s incorrect. “Black hole” is translated exactly same into Russian.

See [Чёрная дыра — Википедия](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D1%91%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%B4%D1%8B%D1%80%D0%B0)

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