Auschwitz
Meaning
- A city in Poland, also called Oświęcim.
- A former concentration camp in what is now Poland; used metonymically for Nazi evil, the Holocaust.
Translations
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أَوْشْفِيتْز
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Οσβιέτσιμ
AuschwitzFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈaʊʃ.vɪts/
Etymology
Borrowed from German Auschwitz, the German name for the town known in Polish as Oświęcim, which the concentration camp was near.
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