Auschwitz-Birkenau

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from German Auschwitz-Birkenau.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaw.ʂfit͡s ˈbir.kɛ.naw/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Syllabification: Au‧schwitz-‧Bir‧ke‧nau

Proper noun

Auschwitz-Birkenau m inan (indeclinable)

  1. (historical, Nazism, World War II) Auschwitz-Birkenau (the largest of the three subcamps of the Auschwitz concentration camp)
    Niemiecki obóz Auschwitz-Birkenau wyzwolono 27 stycznia 1945. ― The German Auschwitz-Birkenau camp was liberated on January 27, 1945.

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