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Holocaust ['hɔləkɔ:st] n
gen. uile-losgadh (Yerkwantai)
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holocaust ['hɔləkɔ:st] n
lit. The contemporary meaning of this term refers to the genocide of European Jews during the Second World War. This occurred in Nazi concentration camps. Classically the term also refers to the sacrifices offered to Greek gods through burning.