"Shoah" meaning in English

See Shoah in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ˈʃəʊ.ə/ [UK], /ˈʃoʊ.ə/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Shoah.wav Forms: the Shoah [canonical]
Rhymes: -əʊə Etymology: From Hebrew שׁוֹאָה (šōʾā, “catastrophe”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|he|שׁוֹאָה||catastrophe|tr=šōʾā}} Hebrew שׁוֹאָה (šōʾā, “catastrophe”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=the Shoah}} the Shoah
  1. (history) The systematic mass murder of six million Jews perpetrated by Nazi Germany shortly before and during World War II. Wikidata QID: Q2763 Categories (topical): Death, History, Nazism Derived forms: Shoah business Related terms: final solution, Porajmos, Meds Yeghern

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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