Shoah

shoah English Etymology From en he שׁוֹאָה šōʾā catastrophe. Pronunciation en /ˈʃəʊ.ə/ UK en /ˈʃoʊ.ə/ US en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Shoah.wav US en əʊə 2 Proper noun the Shoah en Q2763en history chiefly Jewish The systematic mass murder (genocide) of an estimated six million European Jews perpetrated by Nazi Germany during World War II. en 1999 Neal Stephenson Cryptonomicon 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. Usage notes The term "Holocaust" may be synonymous with "Shoah" or may denote something broader; see the usage note at Holocaust. Chiefly used by Jews; in English, Holocaust is more common. Sometimes used instead of Holocaust to avoid online Wordfilter wordfilters. Derived terms en anudda shoah Shoah business Shoaism Yom HaShoah Translations systematic mass murder of Jews Holocaust Hindi: hi शोआ Spanish: es Shoá f See also en final solution en Porajmos en Meds Yeghern Anagrams en ahhos Ah Soh en Nazism Genocide French fr: Etymology From fr he שואה catastrophe. Pronunciation fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Benoît Prieur-Shoah.wav <<France>> (<<Saint-Maurice-de-Beynost>>) fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-Shoah.wav <<France>> (<<Toulouse>>) Proper noun f Holocaust, en Shoah Usage notes Unlike in English, where usage is more restricted to Jewish speakers, Shoah is more commonly used than Holocauste in French. fr Historical events World War II Italian Proper noun en Shoah it Olocausto Polish pl: Alternative forms pl Szoa Szoah Etymology pl :bor he:שׁוֹאָה + 1 Pronunciation 'szo.a,'szo.ah Sho.ah Proper noun n yes pl historical literary en Shoah mass murder of Jews perpetrated by the Nazi Germany pl Holocaust Holokaust Further reading pl Death Historical events Nazism World War II