Shoah en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- /ˈʃoʊ.ə/ (US)
- /ˈʃəʊ.ə/ (UK)
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Etymology
From Hebrew שׁוֹאָה (šōʾā, “catastrophe”).
Meanings
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(Jewish) The systematic mass murder (genocide) of an estimated six million European Jews perpetrated by Nazi Germany during World War II.
I never knew him, or any of my other relatives who died in the Shoah. But I would gladly dump every ounce of that gold into the ocean, just to give them a decent burial.
1999, Neal Stephenson, Cryptonomicon:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| the Shoah | canonical | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Shoaism · anudda shoah · Yom HaShoah · Shoah business
Relateds
Porajmos · final solution · Meds Yeghern
Translations (2)
es Shoá (systematic mass murder of Jews) · hi शोआ (systematic mass murder of Jews)