I beg to disagree.
Literally, it means the killing of a "gens", more broadly, a people.
The #UN has defined it as:
"Article II
In the present Convention, genocide means any of the following acts committed 👉with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group,👈 as such:
Killing members of the group;
Causing serious bodily or mental harm...