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English noun: the Irish Famine | |||
| 1. | the Irish Famine (event) 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 Calamity, the Great Hunger, the Great Starvation | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | famine | ||
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