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AUSCHWITZ
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Auschwitz mean?
• AUSCHWITZ (noun)
The noun AUSCHWITZ has 1 sense:
1. a Nazi concentration camp for Jews in southwestern Poland during World War II
Familiarity information: AUSCHWITZ used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A Nazi concentration camp for Jews in southwestern Poland during World War II
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Instance hypernyms:
concentration camp; stockade (a penal camp where political prisoners or prisoners of war are confined (usually under harsh conditions))
Holonyms ("Auschwitz" is a part of...):
Poland; Polska; Republic of Poland (a republic in central Europe; the invasion of Poland by Germany in 1939 started World War II)
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