Shoah

(s̸hōə)

noun

the Holocaust (see phrase under holocaust): usually with the

Origin: ModHeb šo'ah < Heb, devastation, catastrophe

See Shoah in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
The mass murder of European Jews by the Nazis during World War II.

Origin:

Origin: Hebrew šô’â, calamity; see šwא in Semitic roots

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