the Great Calamity

theg·reat·ca·lamity

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noun

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 Irish Famine
the Great Hunger
the Great Starvation
the Great Calamity

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Broader terms

famine

Grammar

noun
singular	the great calamity
plural	the great calamities

Nearby words

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