Auschwitz
/ˈaʊʃ.vɪts/
Auschwitz proper noun: synonym of Oświęcim, A city in Poland.
Proper noun
Auschwitz
- Synonym of Oświęcim, A city in Poland.
- Synonyms:
- Oświęcim, A city in Poland
- A former German concentration and extermination camp in what is now Poland; used metonymically for Nazi evil, the Holocaust.
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Synonyms of Auschwitz
- Oświęcim
- A city in Poland
Origin of Auschwitz
Borrowed from German Auschwitz, the German name for the town known in Polish as Oświęcim, which the concentration camp was near.
Words formed from Auschwitz
- Ochwits
- 아우슈비츠
- אוישוויץ
- Alligator Auschwitz
- أوشڤيتس
- أوشفيتز
- Օսվենցիմ
- অশউইৎজ
- 奧斯威辛
- 奥斯威辛
- Osvětim
- Aŭŝvico
- Άουσβιτς
- אושוויץ
- आउशवित्स
- アウシュヴィッツ
- آشویتس
- Auschwitz-Birkenau
- Осве́нцим
- А́ушвиц
- Uośwjyńćim
- เอาสชวิทซ์
Questions about Auschwitz
- What does Auschwitz mean?
- Auschwitz means synonym of Oświęcim, A city in Poland.
- What part of speech is Auschwitz?
- Auschwitz is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Auschwitz?
- Auschwitz is pronounced /ˈaʊʃ.vɪts/.
Words near Auschwitz in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Auschwitz (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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