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Belsen

[ bel-zuhn ]
/ ˈbɛl zən /
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noun

locality in NW Germany: site of Nazi concentration camp during World War II.

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Also called Bergen-Belsen.

Words nearby Belsen

below par, below stairs, below the belt, hit, below the line, Bel Paese, Belsen, Belsey operation, Belshazzar, belt, belt-and-braces, Beltane
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Example sentences from the Web for Belsen

  • A member of the Resistance in World War II, he survived internment in Buchenwald, Mittelbau-Dora, and Bergen-Belsen.

    The Deaths You Missed This Year|Malcolm Jones, Jimmy So, Michael Moynihan, Caitlin Dickson|December 30, 2013|DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for Belsen

Belsen
/ (ˈbɛlsən, German ˈbɛlzən) /

noun

a village in NE Germany: with Bergen, the site of a Nazi concentration camp (1943–45)
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