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Shoah¹

  • /ˈʃəʊ.ə/ UK
  • /ˈʃoʊ.ə/ US

Rhymes with -əʊə

Where it comes from

From Hebrew שׁוֹאָה (šōʾā, “catastrophe”).

proper noun the Shoah

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

shoah²

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Hebrew שׁוֹאָה (šōʾā, “catastrophe”).

noun shoahs

  1. A mass murder.

verb shoahs · shoahing · shoahed

  1. transitive To destroy; to remove; to take down, especially from an Internet platform. I had to create a new account, because my old one was shoahed.

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name systematic mass murder of Jews

EspañolShoá
हिन्दीशोआ śoā

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"shoah." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/shoah. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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shoah. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/shoah

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"shoah." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/shoah.

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@misc{shoah_2026,
  title = {shoah},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/shoah},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}