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1. (n.) famine
extreme and general scarcity of food, esp. within a large geographical area.
2. famine
any extreme scarcity.
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| Definition of 'famine' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) dearth, famine, shortage
an acute insufficiency
2. (noun) famine
a severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death
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1. (noun) famine
a long period when there is no food
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| Definition of 'famine' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) famine
general scarcity of food; dearth; a want of provisions; destitution
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Sense: (a) great lack or shortage especially of food
Some parts of the world suffer regularly from famine.
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 Afrikaans: hongersnood, gebrek, nood |
 Arabic: نَقْص، مَجاعَه، جوع |
 Bulgarian: глад |
 Brazilian: fome |
 Czech: hladomor |
 German: die Hungersnot |
 Danish: hungersnød; sult |
 Greek: λιμός |
 Spanish: hambre, hambruna |
 Estonian: näljahäda |
 Farsi: قحطی |
 Finnish: nälänhätä |
 French: famine |
 Hebrew: רָעָב |
 Hindi: अकाल |
 Croatian: gladovanje, nestašica |
 Hungarian: éhínség |
 Indonesian: bahaya kelaparan |
 Icelandic: hallæri |
 Italian: carestia |
 Japanese: 飢きん |
 Korean: 기근, 굶주림 |
 Lithuanian: badas |
 Latvian: bads |
 Malay: kebuluran |
 Dutch: hongersnood |
 Norwegian: hungersnød, matmangel |
 Polish: głód |
 Persian: قحطی |
 Pashto: وچكالى، كاختى، سوكړه، لوږ |
 Portuguese: fome |
 Romanian: foamete |
 Russian: голод |
 Slovak: hladomor |
 Slovenian: lakota |
 Serbian: glad |
 Swedish: hungersnöd |
 Thai: ความอดอยาก |
 Turkish: kıtlık, açlık |
 Taiwanese: 飢荒 |
 Ukrainian: голод |
 Urdu: غذا کی شدید قلت ،قحط |
 Vietnamese: nạn đói kém |
 Chinese: 饥荒 |
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