Definition of Famines. Meaning of Famines. Synonyms of Famines

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Definition of Famines

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 Famines from wikipedia

- famines between 1845 and 1922, one of the worst being the famine of 1891–1892. The Russian famine of 1921–22 killed an estimated 5 million. Famines continued...
- under British rule. Famines in India resulted in millions of deaths over the course of the 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries. Famines in British India...
- several significant famines in the history of Bengal (now independent Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal) including: Bengal famine may refer to:...
- Bengal famine Droughts and famines in Russia and the Soviet Union Famine in India Famines in the Czech lands Famines in Ethiopia Great Bengal famine of 1770...
- Potato famine may refer to: European Potato Famine, the wider agrarian crisis in Europe contemporaneous to the Irish and Highland potato famines in the...
- 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...
- timeline of major famines in India during British rule covers major famines on the Indian subcontinent from 1765 to 1947. The famines included here occurred...
- same time) Irish Famine (1740–1741) Irish Famine (1879) List of famines Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax#Role in the Irish Famine Informational notes...
- Holodomor or the Great Famine of 1932–1933 The Great Famine, a 2011 do****entary about the Russian famine of 1921 Droughts and famines in Russia and the Soviet...
- of famines in China, part of the series of lists of disasters in China. Between 108 BC and 1911 AD, there were no fewer than 1,828 recorded famines in...