Black Death

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Proper noun

1. (disease, historical) A pandemic outbreak (often attributed to bubonic plague) throughout Europe and most of Asia in the 14th century that killed nearly half the population of Europe and Asia.

Synonyms

• the Black Plague
• the Plague

Translations

• French: peste noire
• German: Beulenpest, schwarzer Tod
• Italian: peste nera
• Portuguese: peste negra
• Russian: чёрная смерть
• Spanish: peste negra

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