Where does “Szoa” come from?

Szoa (Polish) comes from Hebrew שׁוֹאָה — holocaust, disaster; catastrophe.

Ancestry of “Szoa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hebrewשׁוֹאָהholocaust, disaster; catastrophe
Every word from Hebrew שׁוֹאָה
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