Auschwitz — 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.

Senses

Auschwitz is used for these senses in English:

• Auschwitz A city in Poland, also called Oświęcim.
• Auschwitz A former concentration camp in what is now Poland; used metonymically for Nazi evil, the Holocaust.

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