famine-struck

famine-struck
[͵fæmın|ʹstrıkən,-{͵fæmın}ʹstrʌk] a
поражённый голодом, неурожаем

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  • famine — n. 1) famine strikes ( famine struck several provinces) 2) widespread famine * * * [ fæmɪn] widespread famine faminestrikes (famine struck several provinces) …   Combinatory dictionary

  • famine — /fam in/, n. 1. extreme and general scarcity of food, as in a country or a large geographical area. 2. any extreme and general scarcity. 3. extreme hunger; starvation. [1325 75; ME < MF, deriv. of faim hunger ( < L fames); see INE2] Syn. 2.… …   Universalium

  • 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

  • Great Famine (Ireland) — The Great Famine ( ga. An Gorta Mór [The term has appeared in the titles of numerous books on the event, as demonstrated by [http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=%22Gorta+Mo%CC%81r%22 =Search qt=results page this search on WorldCat] ] or ga. An… …   Wikipedia

  • Great Famine of 1315–1317 — From the Apocalypse in a Biblia Pauperum illuminated at Erfurt around the time of the Great Famine. Death (Mors ) sits astride a lion whose long tail ends in a ball of flame (Hell). Famine ( Fames ) points to her hungry mouth. The Great Famine of …   Wikipedia

  • Highland Potato Famine — The Highland Potato Famine was a food crisis caused by potato blight that struck the Scottish Highlands causing over 1.7 million [highlandclearances.info, [http://www.highlandclearances.info/clearances/clearances emigration.htm Emigration for the …   Wikipedia

  • European Potato Famine — The European Potato Famine was a food crisis caused by potato blight that struck Northern Europe in the mid 1840s. The time is also known as the Hungry Forties. While the crisis produced excess mortality and suffering across the affected areas,… …   Wikipedia

  • Black Death — ), [ [http://www.pasteur.fr/actu/presse/press/07pesteTIGR E.htm Researchers sound the alarm: the multidrug resistance of the plague bacillus could spread] ] but recently attributed by some to other diseases.The pandemic is thought to have begun… …   Wikipedia

  • Miketz — or Mikeitz (מקץ Hebrew for “at the end,” the second word and first distinctive word of the parashah) is the tenth weekly Torah portion (parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading. It constitutes Genesis 41:1–44:17. Jews in the Diaspora …   Wikipedia

  • County Mayo — For other uses, see Mayo (disambiguation). County Mayo Contae Mhaigh Eo Coat of arms …   Wikipedia


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