Hakenkreuz

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The swastika that is used as a Nazi symbol. India, capitalized, often

    "The big elliptical main hall, quite a beautiful saloon, looked at first sight like a German show, for the hakenkreuzes, or swastikas, on the tails of the German aeroplanes, and a frieze of the same emblem round most of the gallery[…]"

  2. 2
    the official emblem of the Nazi Party and the Third Reich; a cross with the arms bent at right angles in a clockwise direction wordnet

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swastikaswastika

Example

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"Some prefer to call the Nazi swastika the Hakenkreuz, as it was originally called, to avoid defaming Hinduism."

Etymology

Borrowed from German Hakenkreuz.

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