What does "auschwitz" mean?

A city in Poland, also called Oświęcim.

What is a synonym for "auschwitz"?

Common synonyms include: concentration camp, extermination camp, nazi camp.

/ˈaʊʃ.vɪts/ name

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1
A city in Poland, also called Oświęcim.
2
A former concentration camp in what is now Poland; used metonymically for Nazi evil, the Holocaust.
"Portnoy said in posts on social media that in an initial conversation Sunday the customer took 100% responsibility for his actions with his friend and agreed to take a learning trip to Auschwitz in Poland."

""Arbeit macht frei", meaning "Work sets you free", is a slogan placed, during the Holocaust, over the entrance to the Auschwitz extermination camp."

Borrowed from German Auschwitz, the German name for the town known in Polish as Oświęcim, which the concentration camp was near.