- a variation of Shoa.
Shoah
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of Shoah
literally: destruction
Example Sentences
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“I don’t have time to hate,” she said in a 1998 interview with the USC Shoah Foundation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026
Thirty-five red handprints were left on the Shoah memorial.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2025
Such historically inspired pieces as “The Brutalist,” “Lee,” “White Bird: A Wonder Story” and the documentaries “The Commandant’s Shadow” and “Riefenstahl,” plus the contemporary dramedy “A Real Pain,” all feature echoes of the Shoah.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 3, 2024
Because Nakba and Shoah, the Hebrew word for the Holocaust, both mean “catastrophe” in English, and because both are rooted in the 1940s, they are often equated or conflated.
From Slate ● May 15, 2024
That’s why growing up, my dad taught me and my siblings about the horrors of the Shoah at our family dinner table.
From New York Times ● May 7, 2024
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