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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A concentration camp for Jews created by the Nazis near Munich in southern Germany
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Instance hypernyms:
concentration camp; stockade (a penal camp where political prisoners or prisoners of war are confined (usually under harsh conditions))
Holonyms ("Dachau" is a part of...):
Deutschland; Federal Republic of Germany; FRG; Germany (a republic in central Europe; split into East Germany and West Germany after World War II and reunited in 1990)