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Shoah

noun
Sho·​ah | \ ˈshō-ə How to pronounce Shoah (audio) , -ˌä\

Definition of Shoah

: holocaust sense 3a

First Known Use of Shoah

1967, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for Shoah

Modern Hebrew shō'āh, literally, catastrophe, from Hebrew

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