Auschwitz

From German Auschwitz, the German name for the town known in Polish as Oświęcim, which the concentration camp was near.

Old Market Square in Oświęcim.

The main entrance to extermination camp Auschwitz-Birkenau.

• IPA^(key): /ˈaʊ̯ʃ.vɪts/, /ˈaʊ̯ʃ.wɪts/

Auschwitz

1. A city in Poland, also called Oświęcim.
2. A former concentration camp in what is now Poland; used metonymically for Nazi evil, the Holocaust.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔaʊ̯ʃvɪts/

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Auschwitz n (proper noun, genitive Auschwitz' or (with an article) Auschwitz)

1. Oświęcim, Auschwitz (a town in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland)
2. the former World War II concentration camp located nearby

Unadapted borrowing from German Auschwitz, from Polish Oświęcim.

• IPA^(key): /ˈaw.ʂfit͡s/

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• Rhymes: -awʂfit͡s
• Syllabification: Au‧schwitz

Auschwitz m inan (indeclinable)

1. (historical) Auschwitz (concentration camp)

   Synonym: Auschwitz-Birkenau

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• Auschwitz in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Auschwitz in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Auschwitz

1. Auschwitz, Oświęcim (a town in Lesser Poland, Poland)

Auschwitz

1. Auschwitz (Nazi concentration camp in the town of Auschwitz)

Auschwitz m

1. Auschwitz (a city in Poland)
2. Auschwitz (concentration camp)