Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

yom hashoah

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.30 in modern English

Syllables: yom hashoah
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Holocaust Remembrance Day, a national memorial day in Israel on the 27th of Nisan (April or May).

Example Sentences

"While I strongly support Professor Eckhardt's call for Yom HaShoah to be an annual part of the Christian religious calendar, I do not believe that the bulk of the Christian religious community is yet prepared to see the Holocaust as an event that personally involves them."

Etymology

From Hebrew יום השואה.

Origin

Source language: Hebrew

Word Breakdown

Root: יום השואה

Questions

What does yom hashoah mean?: Holocaust Remembrance Day, a national memorial day in Israel on the 27th of Nisan (April or May).
Where does yom hashoah come from?: It is traced to Hebrew.

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