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Auschwitz

ausch·witz

UK/ˈaʊʃ.vɪts/ US/ˈaʊʃ.wɪts/ fairly common

noun

1.

a Nazi concentration camp for Jews in southwestern Poland during World War II

Origin

Borrowed from German Auschwitz, the German name for the town known in Polish as Oświęcim, which the concentration camp was near.

Phrases

  • Alligator Auschwitz

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