HyperDic: the_great_calamity

English > 1 sense of the expression the Great Calamity:
NOUNeventthe Great Calamity, the Irish Famine, the Great Hunger, the Great Starvationa famine in Ireland resulting from a potato blight
English > the Great Calamity: 1 sense > noun 1, event
MeaningA famine in Ireland resulting from a potato blight; between 1846 and 1851 a million people starved to death and 1.6 million emigrated (most to America).
Synonymsthe Irish Famine, the Great Hunger, the Great Starvation
BroaderfamineA severe shortage / shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death

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