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Holocaust Pronunciation
Holocaust is pronounced HAH-luh-kawst, IPA /ˈhɑləˌkɔst/.
HAH-luh-kawst
US /ˈhɑləˌkɔst/ · UK /ˈhɒləˌkɔːst/
Syllables: HAH · luh · kawst (3 syllables, stress on syllable 1)
noun: Destruction or loss of life on an enormous scale, and with a capital letter the Nazi genocide of European Jews.
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Holocaust in a Sentence
- The museum documents the Holocaust through family papers.
- He lost most of his relatives in the Holocaust.
- The poet treats the holocaust of the First World War as her subject.
Common Mispronunciations of Holocaust
Not HOH-luh-kawst
Holy is an unrelated word, so do not borrow its oh: this first vowel is the short o of hot.
Not HAH-luh-kost
The au at the end gives the aw of law, so the closing beat is kawst.
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