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Bu·chen·wald

 (bo͞o′kən-wôld′, -KHən-vält′)
A location in central Germany near Weimar. It was the site of a Nazi concentration camp during World War II.
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Buchenwald

(German ˈbuːxənvalt)
n
(Placename) a village in E central Germany, near Weimar; site of a Nazi concentration camp (1937–45)
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Bu•chen•wald

(ˈbu kənˌwɔld, -ˌvɑlt, -xən-)

n.
the site of a former Nazi concentration camp in central Germany, near Weimar.
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Noun1.Buchenwald - a Nazi concentration camp for Jews in World War II that was located in central Germany
Deutschland, FRG, Germany, Federal Republic of 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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