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BUCHENWALD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Buchenwald mean?
• BUCHENWALD (noun)
The noun BUCHENWALD has 1 sense:
1. a Nazi concentration camp for Jews in World War II that was located in central Germany
Familiarity information: BUCHENWALD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A Nazi concentration camp for Jews in World War II that was located in central Germany
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Instance hypernyms:
concentration camp; stockade (a penal camp where political prisoners or prisoners of war are confined (usually under harsh conditions))
Holonyms ("Buchenwald" is a part of...):
Deutschland; Federal Republic of Germany; FRG; Germany (a republic in central Europe; split into East Germany and West Germany after World War II and reunited in 1990)
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