hladomor — meaning in English

English meaning

• famine noun A severe, widespread shortage of food, often causing mass starvation.

Senses

hladomor is used for these senses in English:

• Holodomor (historical, rare) А famine with mass deaths, especially one of the Soviet famines in 1921–22, 1932–33, or 1946–47.
• famine (countable) A period of extreme shortage of food in a region.

famine — full definition

1. noun A severe, widespread shortage of food, often causing mass starvation.
2. noun A severe shortage of something in general, not just food.

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