Auschwitz
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From German Auschwitz, the German name for the town of Oświęcim, which the concentration camp was near.
Old Market Square in Oświęcim.
The main entrance to extermination camp Auschwitz-Birkenau.
Proper noun[edit]
Auschwitz
- A city in Poland, also called Oświęcim.
- A concentration camp in what is now Poland; used metonymically for Nazi evil, the Holocaust.
Translations[edit]
city in Poland
concentration camp
German[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA: /ˈʔaʊ̯ʃvɪts/
Proper noun[edit]
Auschwitz
- Auschwitz; Oświęcim (place).
- the concentration camp located near Auschwitz