Auschwitz

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From German Auschwitz, the German name for the town of Oświęcim, which the concentration camp was near.

Old Market Square in Oświęcim.

Proper noun[edit]

Auschwitz

  1. A city in Poland, also called Oświęcim.
  2. A concentration camp in what is now Poland; used metonymically for Nazi evil, the Holocaust.

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German[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA: /ˈʔaʊ̯ʃvɪts/

Proper noun[edit]

Auschwitz

  1. Auschwitz; Oświęcim (place).
  2. the concentration camp located near Auschwitz