שואה

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שואה

noun שׁוֹאָה · sho'á · שׁוֹאוֹת · שׁוֹאַת־ · שׁוֹאוֹת־ · שֹׁאָה

A catastrophe, a ruin.
Biblical Wasteness.
slang Something hard, unbearable.

proper noun הַשּׁוֹאָה · hasho'á · שֹׁאָה

Jewish Shoah (the systematic mass murder (genocide) of an estimated six million European Jews perpetrated by Nazi Germany during World War II)

In English

holocaust extensive destruction of a group of animals or people — see also massacre, slaug
Holocaust the genocide of European Jews by Nazi Germany

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {שואה},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%90%D7%94},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}