vonAchdorf
Arcane
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It's a place that is it's own thing, kind of "disconnected" from the rest of the world of the game. You have to enter in it and obtain something while dealing with the particular challenges it throws at you: puzzles, traps and enemies that can only be found in this place and that are thematicaly consistents. They can also have their own particular rules or alterations of the pre-established rules: you can walk on the ceiling, casting magic burns the user (uses HP), only one member of the party can enter in some rooms for whatever reason, etc.
Sounds about right. Maze-like isn't a requirement, or Skyrim wouldn't have dungeons.
It's a bit the same like with RPGs - you cannot exactly pinpoint it, but you know a dungeon / RPG when you see it.