Auschwitz
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] German Auschwitz, the German name for the town known in Polish as Oświęcim, which the concentration camp was near.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Auschwitz
- A city in Poland, also called Oświęcim.
- A former concentration camp in what is now Poland; used metonymically for Nazi evil, the Holocaust.
Translations
city in Poland
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concentration camp
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German
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Auschwitz
- Auschwitz (a city in Poland)
- the former concentration camp located near Auschwitz
Portuguese
Proper noun
Auschwitz f
- Auschwitz, Oświęcim (a town in Lesser Poland, Poland)
Proper noun
Auschwitz m
- Auschwitz (Nazi concentration camp in the town of Auschwitz)
Spanish
Proper noun
Auschwitz m
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