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a period of famine

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  • Famine — This article is about scarcity of food. For other uses, see Famine (disambiguation). Child victim of the Holodomor. A famine is a widespread scarcity of food. This phenomenon is usually accompanied or followed by regional malnutrition, starvation …   Wikipedia

  • famine — [fam′in] n. [ME < OFr < VL * famina < L fames, hunger < IE base * dhē , to wither away > DAZE] 1. an acute and general shortage of food, or a period of this 2. any acute shortage 3. Archaic starvation …   English World dictionary

  • Famine au Tibet (1960-1962) — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Famine au Tibet. Les subdivisions administratives autonomes tibétaines de la République populaire de Chine, représentées en jaune Le Grand Bond en avant …   Wikipédia en Français

  • famine — /fam in/, n. 1. extreme and general scarcity of food, as in a country or a large geographical area. 2. any extreme and general scarcity. 3. extreme hunger; starvation. [1325 75; ME < MF, deriv. of faim hunger ( < L fames); see INE2] Syn. 2.… …   Universalium

  • Famine in India — Owing to its almost entire dependence upon the monsoon rains, India is more liable than any other country in the world to crop failures, which upon occasion deepen into famine. [ [http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Famine Famine] , Encyclopaedia… …   Wikipedia

  • FAMINE AND DROUGHT — Agriculture in Ereẓ Israel was dependent on irregular rainfall, but drought and consequent famine were of frequent occurrence. The paradoxical appreciation by Deuteronomy 11:10ff. of this disadvantage (as involving God in constant attention to… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • Famine Stela — Location map | 100x100 Alternative caption = Location of Famine Stele in Egypt width=250 label=Famine Stele | label size=80 background = #CCCCCC | position=right lat deg = 24 | lat min = 3 lat deg = 28 lon deg = 32 | lon min = 52 lon deg = 71 lat …   Wikipedia

  • famine — noun a) extreme shortage of food in a region Dr. Bhatia pointed out that famine had occurred in all ages and in all societies where means of communication and transport were not developed. b) a period of extreme shortage of food in a region The… …   Wiktionary

  • Famine response — The famine response is how the body of a human or animal responds to malnutrition.The body uses glucose as its main metabolic fuel if it is available. About 20% of the total energy consumption occurs in the brain. The rest of the glucose… …   Wikipedia

  • Great Famine (Ireland) — The Great Famine ( ga. An Gorta Mór [The term has appeared in the titles of numerous books on the event, as demonstrated by [http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=%22Gorta+Mo%CC%81r%22 =Search qt=results page this search on WorldCat] ] or ga. An… …   Wikipedia

  • Great Chinese Famine — History of the People s Republic of China     1949–1976, The Mao Era         …   Wikipedia

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