Definition of Famine. Meaning of Famine. Synonyms of Famine

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Definition of Famine

Famine
Famine Fam"ine, n. [F. famine, fr. L. fames hunger; cf. Gr. ????? want, need, Skr. h[=a]ni loss, lack, h[=a] to leave.] General scarcity of food; dearth; a want of provisions; destitution. ``Worn with famine.' --Milton. There was a famine in the land. --Gen. xxvi. 1. Famine fever (Med.), typhus fever.

Meaning of Famine from wikipedia

- A famine is a widespread scarcity of food caused by several possible factors, including, but not limited to war, natural disasters, crop failure, widespread...
- The Great Famine, also known as the Great Hunger (Irish: an Gorta Mór [ənˠ ˈɡɔɾˠt̪ˠə ˈmˠoːɾˠ]), the Famine and the Irish Potato Famine, was a period of...
- Famine, was a m**** famine in Soviet Ukraine from 1932 to 1933 that killed millions of Ukrainians. The Holodomor was part of the wider Soviet famine of...
- may refer to: Great Bengal famine of 1770 Bengal famine of 1873–1874 Bengal famine of 1943 Bangladesh famine of 1974 Famine in India This disambiguation...
- The Great Famine of 1315–1317 (occasionally dated 1315–1322) was the first of a series of large-scale crises that struck parts of Europe early in the 14th...
- The Great Chinese Famine (Chinese: 三年大饥荒; lit. 'three years of great famine') was a famine that occurred between 1959 and 1961 in the People's Republic...
- The Bengal famine of 1943 was a famine in the Bengal province of British India (present-day Bangladesh, West Bengal and eastern India) during World War...
- Indian famines, including the Bengal famine of 1770, the Chalisa famine, the Doji bara famine, the Great Famine of 1876–1878, and the Bengal famine of 1943...
- Great Famine (Ireland) (1845–49) is sometimes referred to as the Irish Potato Famine or an Gorta Mór. Irish famine may also refer to: Irish Famine (1740–41)...
- Russian famine may refer to: Russian famine of 1601–03 Russian famine of 1891–92 Russian famine of 1921–22 Droughts and famines in Russia and the Soviet...