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Porajmos en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /pɔɹaɪmɔs/ (US)
  • /poʊɹaɪmoʊs/ (US)

Etymology

Coined by a Kalderash Romani acquaintance of, and popularized by, Ian Hancock in 1990s. From Romani porajmos (“devouring”).

Meanings

  1. (historical) The planned and attempted genocide of the Romani people during the Second World War by Nazi Germany and its allies.

Forms

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Porrajmos alternative lexicographic

Coordinates

Shoah

Hypernyms

Holocaust

Relateds

final solution · Meds Yeghern

Synonyms

Samudaripen

wikipedia: Ian Hancock · wikipedia: Kalderash