Auschwitz — meaning in English
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English meaning
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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.
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holocaust
name (historical, capitalised) The mass murder of around six million European Jews by Nazi Germany during World War II.
Senses
Auschwitz is used for these senses in English:
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Auschwitz
A city in Poland, also called Oświęcim.
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Auschwitz
A former concentration camp in what is now Poland; used metonymically for Nazi evil, the Holocaust.
holocaust — full definition
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name (historical, capitalised) The mass murder of around six million European Jews by Nazi Germany during World War II.
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noun Widespread destruction or slaughter, especially on a massive scale.
