奥斯威辛 — meaning in English

English meaning

• Auschwitz name The site in occupied Poland of the largest Nazi concentration and extermination camp during World War II, now used as shorthand for the Holocaust itself.
• holocaust name (historical, capitalised) The mass murder of around six million European Jews by Nazi Germany during World War II.

Senses

奥斯威辛 is used for these senses in English:

• Auschwitz A city in Poland, also called Oświęcim.

holocaust — full definition

1. name (historical, capitalised) The mass murder of around six million European Jews by Nazi Germany during World War II.
2. noun Widespread destruction or slaughter, especially on a massive scale.

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