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    What word comes the etymological meaning of "burnt-whole"?

    Question #81079. Asked by tragic_flawed. (May 27 07 1:21 PM)


    lanfranco

    		"Holocaust," from the Greek for a completely burnt offering:


    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Holocaust

    May 27 07, 1:55 PM

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