Shoah

noun

Sho·​ah ˈshō-ə 

-ˌä

: holocaust sense 3a

Examples of Shoah in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The code of silence that surrounded the Shoah is nearly unimaginable today, when Holocaust education can, in some cases, even take the form of an opera. — Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 15 May 2026

The work of StoryCorps is not dissimilar to what another of Spielberg’s nonprofits, the USC Shoah Foundation, has been doing for more than three decades. — Ayesha Javed, Time, 14 May 2026

No victim of that name exists in the Yad Vashem Shoah Names database. — Toby Axelrod, Sun Sentinel, 11 May 2026

Learning will also take place in a new 60-seat theater featuring the USC Shoah Foundation’s Dimensions in Testimony technology. — Solvej Schou, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2026

In interviewing Holocaust survivors about their lives, members of the Shoah Foundation also anticipated questions that students might ask. — Imani Cruzen, Twin Cities, 17 Apr. 2026

The partnership with the USC Shoah Foundation will continue, Grimmer said, with its resources being used more for the Holocaust Center’s educational efforts. — Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 23 Feb. 2026

Friendly served on the Board of Councilors of the USC Shoah Foundation, and on the Board of the Friends of the Saban Community Clinic. — Michael Schneider, Variety, 7 Jan. 2026

Word History

Etymology

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

First Known Use

1967, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for Shoah

• boa
• noa
• noah
• toa
• bryozoa
• metazoa
• polyzoa
• protozoa
• quinoa
• spermatozoa