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famine — n. 1 a extreme scarcity of food. b a shortage of something specified (water famine). 2 archaic hunger, starvation. Etymology: ME f. OF f. faim f. L fames hunger … Useful english dictionary
Famine — This article is about scarcity of food. For other uses, see Famine (disambiguation). Child victim of the Holodomor. A famine is a widespread scarcity of food. This phenomenon is usually accompanied or followed by regional malnutrition, starvation … Wikipedia
Famine relief — A famine is a phenomenon in which a large percentage of the population of a region or country are so undernourished that death by starvation becomes increasingly common. In spite of the much greater technological and economic resources of the… … Wikipedia
Famine in India — Owing to its almost entire dependence upon the monsoon rains, India is more liable than any other country in the world to crop failures, which upon occasion deepen into famine. [ [http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Famine Famine] , Encyclopaedia… … Wikipedia
North Korean famine — Arduous March 고난의 행군 Country North Korea Location national Period 1994 1998 Total deaths 0.9 to 3.5 million Observations Economic mismanagement,[1] … Wikipedia
Indian famine of 1896–1897 — The Indian famine of 1896–1897 was a famine that began in Bundelkhand, India, early in 1896 and spread to many parts of the country, including the United Provinces, the Central Provinces and Berar, Bihar, parts of the Bombay and Madras… … Wikipedia
World Vision Famine events — The World Vision organization have developed several famine events that spread throughout the globe, notably the international 30 Hour Famine, also the regional 40 Hour Famine in Australia and New Zealand and the 24 Hour Famine in the United… … Wikipedia
Indian famine of 1899–1900 — [ British Indian Empire (1909), showing the different provinces and native states. The Central Provinces and Berar, Bombay Presidency, Ajmer Merwara, and the Hissar district of the Punjab were especially hard hit by the Indian famine of 1899… … Wikipedia
Chronology of the Great Famine — Main article: Great Famine (Ireland) An 1849 depiction of Bridget O Donnell and her two children during the famine. The Chronology of the Great Famine (Irish: An Gorta Mór[1] … Wikipedia
1984–1985 famine in Ethiopia — The 1984 1985 famine in Ethiopia were two famines that occurred simultaneously in Ethiopia, of which the northern is the most prominent. In the north, the insurgency of the Tigrayan People s Liberation Front and the government s counterinsurgency … Wikipedia
Rajputana famine of 1869 — The Rajputana famine of 1869 (also the Great Rajputana Famine, Bundelkhand and Upper Hindustan famine, Rajputana famine of 1868 70) affected an area of 296,000 square miles and a population of 44,500,000, primarily in the princely states of… … Wikipedia
