Famine | Definition In The English-Vietnamese Dictionary

Translation of famine – English–Vietnamese dictionary

famine

 noun  /ˈfӕmin/ Add to word list Add to word list ● (a) great lack or shortage especially of food nạn đói kém Some parts of the world suffer regularly from famine.

(Translation of famine from the PASSWORD English-Vietnamese Dictionary © 2015 K Dictionaries Ltd)

Examples of famine

famine Their greatest differences stemmed from the manner in which they presented themselves as famine managers, and to whom. From the Cambridge English Corpus How could the effects of these famines have been so severe and what lessons can we learn from those terrible events? From the Cambridge English Corpus However, specific empirical critiques of the making and implementing of famine policy were more effective. From the Cambridge English Corpus Certainly some of the prints showed starvation and famine so severe that money and supplies must have been wanted. From the Cambridge English Corpus This was a gritty world of poverty, famines, floods, banditry, unrest. From the Cambridge English Corpus The severity of famine gradually increased in the east which slowly proceeded from west through the decades. From the Cambridge English Corpus At this point, villages were teetering on the brink of famine as locust invasions threatened to consume the limited food crops that had been planted. From the Cambridge English Corpus However, human migrations, landless people, famine and fragmented landscapes speak for themselves. From the Cambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. C2

Translations of famine

in Chinese (Traditional) 饑荒, 饑荒時期… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 饥荒, 饥荒时期… See more in Spanish hambruna, hambruna [feminine], hambre [masculine]… See more in Portuguese fome, fome [feminine]… See more in Marathi in Japanese in Turkish in French in Catalan in Dutch in Tamil in Hindi in Gujarati in Danish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Urdu in Ukrainian in Telugu in Bengali in Czech in Indonesian in Thai in Polish in Korean in Italian दुष्काळ, उपासमार… See more 飢饉（ききん）… See more açlık, kıtlık… See more famine [feminine], famine… See more fam… See more hongersnood… See more அதிக எண்ணிக்கையிலான மக்களுக்கு போதுமான உணவு இல்லாத சூழ்நிலை, நோய் மற்றும் மரணத்தை ஏற்படுத்துகிறது, அல்லது இது நிகழும் ஒரு குறிப்பிட்ட காலம்… See more (अवस्था या काल का) सूखा, अकाल, भुखमरी… See more દુષ્કાળ, ભુખમરો… See more hungersnød, sult… See more hungersnöd… See more kebuluran… See more die Hungersnot… See more hungersnød [masculine], hungersnød, matmangel… See more قحط, غذائی قلت, فاقہ زدگی… See more голод… See more ఎక్కువ మందికి తగినంత ఆహారం లేని పరిస్థితి, అనారోగ్యం మరియు మరణానికి కారణమవుతుంది లేదా ఇది జరిగిన ఒక నిర్దిష్ట కాలం… See more দুর্ভিক্ষ… See more hladomor… See more bahaya kelaparan… See more ความอดอยาก… See more głód, klęska głodu… See more 기근… See more carestia… See more Need a translator?

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