English

Proper noun

Shoah

1. The systematic mass murder of 6 million Jews perpetrated by Nazi Germany shortly before and during World War II.
   • 1999, Neal Stephenson, Cryptonomicon:

     I never knew him, or any of my other relatives who died in the Shoah. But I would gladly dump every ounce of that gold into the ocean, just to give them a decent burial.

Translations

Usage notes

The term "Holocaust" may be synonymous with "Shoah" or may denote something broader; see the usage note at Holocaust.

See also

• final solution
• Porajmos
• Meds Yeghern

French

Etymology

Hebrew שואה, catastrophe.

Proper noun

Shoah f

1. Holocaust, Shoah

Italian

Proper noun

Shoah

1. Shoah

Synonyms

• Olocausto

English

Noun

shoah ‎(plural shoahs)

1. A mass murder