nälänhätä — meaning in English

English meaning

• dearth noun A serious shortage or scarcity of something.
• famine noun A severe, widespread shortage of food, often causing mass starvation.

Senses

nälänhätä is used for these senses in English:

• dearth (transitive, dated, obsolete) To cause or produce a scarcity in something.
• 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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