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 Translation for 'famine' from English to Russian
NOUN1   a famine | famines
NOUN2   famine | -
SYNO dearth | famine | shortage
голод {м} [как массовое бедствие из-за нехватки еды]famine
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Usage Examples English
  • The Famine of 1866–1868 was the last famine in Finland, and (along with the subsequent Swedish famine of 1867-1869) the last major naturally caused famine in Europe.
  • In two of his publications, "Famine and Counter-Famine Operations" and "Famine, Conflict and Response: A Basic Guide", Cuny articulated innovative mechanisms to monetize food assistance and to use established commercial channels to distribute food during emergency operations.
  • Using this framework, each famine would receive a Magnitude designation, but locations within the affected region would be classified at varying Intensities.
  • The next recorded famine in the Czech lands was the Great Famine, which lasted from 1770 until 1771.
  • Some 500 victims of the Great Famine are buried at a famine-period burial ground at Drumshanbo.

  • "The Famine," Chapter 5, discusses the Soviet famine of 1930–1933 and the Great Chinese Famine.
  • The famine of 1460 is called "Damaji Pant's famine" in the Deccan region, as it is believed to the famine when Damaji distributed the grain.
  • During the Dutch hunger winter, the offspring born during the famine were smaller than those born the year before the famine. The effects of this famine on development lasted up to two generations.
  • Today, the Strokestown estate is synonymous with the Great Famine and includes the National Irish Famine Museum.
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