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Shoah

noun Sho·ah \ˈshō-ə, -ˌä\

Definition of SHOAH

:  holocaust 3a
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Origin of SHOAH

Modern Hebrew shō'āh, literally, catastrophe, from Hebrew
First Known Use: 1967

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