Etymograph

English

Yom HaShoah

Yom HaShoah comes from Hebrew יום השואה.

  1. Hebrew1880s–presentיום השואה
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1996Yom HaShoah

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

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  1. Hebrew1880s–presentיום השואה
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1996Yom HaShoah

Earliest quotation: 1996, Steven M. Bob, Yom HaShoah for Jews and Christians: “While I strongly support Professor Eckhardt's call for Yom…”

Today it means

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

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Hebrew יום השואה / Yom HaShoah