famine
see also: Famine
Pronunciation
Famine
Proper noun
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see also: Famine
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈfæmɪn/
famine
- (uncountable) Extreme shortage of food in a region.
- 1971, Central Institute of Research & Training in Public Cooperation
- Dr. Bhatia pointed out that famine had occurred in all ages and in all societies where means of communication and transport were not developed.
- 1971, Central Institute of Research & Training in Public Cooperation
- (countable) A period of extreme shortage of food in a region.
- 1986, United States Congress, House Select Committee on Hunger, Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Africa, Famine and Recovery in Africa
- The root causes of the current famine are known: poverty, low health standards....
- 1986, United States Congress, House Select Committee on Hunger, Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Africa, Famine and Recovery in Africa
- (dated) Starvation or malnutrition.
- 1871 (orig. 426), Augustine, The City of God, transl. Marcus Dods:
- His own flesh, however, which he lost by famine, shall be restored to him by Him who can recover even what has evaporated.
- 1871 (orig. 426), Augustine, The City of God, transl. Marcus Dods:
- Severe shortage or lack of something.
- the Lancashire Cotton Famine
- French: famine
- German: Hungersnot, Hunger
- Italian: carestia
- Portuguese: fome
- Russian: го́лод
- Spanish: hambruna, hambre
- French: famine
- German: Hungersnot, Hunger
- Portuguese: fome
- Russian: го́лод
Famine
Proper noun
- (mythology) The personification of famine, often depicted riding a black horse.
- the black rider
- Russian: Го́лод
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