HyperDic English THE ... the Irish Famine

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English 1 sense of the expression *the Irish Famine*:
NOUN	event	the Irish Famine, the Great Hunger, the Great Starvation, the Great Calamity	a famine in Ireland resulting from a potato blight

Englishthe Irish Famine: 1 sense noun 1, event
Meaning	A 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).
Synonyms	the Great Hunger, the Great Starvation, the Great Calamity
Broader	famine	A severe shortage / shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death

HyperDicEnglishTHE ... the Irish Famine