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Similar words: the potato famine · the great unwashed · the Irish potato famine · the Famine · the Great Bear · the Great Mogul · the Great Mughal · the great outdoors · one-parent family
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famine

1 noun food shortagegorta masc4  c m u 2 noun figurative lack of sthganntanas masc1  c m ugátar masc1  c m ugorta masc4  c m uthere's a work famine round here at the moment tá ganntanas oibre thart anseo faoi láthair

the Famine

noun (also the Great Famine)an Gorta Móran Drochshaol masc1  c m u

Phrases and Examples in other entries

  • chronicle »
    the book chronicled the Great Famine rinneadh taifead sa leabhar ar an nGorta Mór
  • cover »
    this module covers the Great Famine clúdaítear an Gorta Mór sa mhodúl seo, pléann an modúl seo leis an nGorta Mór
  • great »
    the Great Famine an Gorta Mór, an Drochshaol
  • on »
    a lecture on the Great Famine léacht ar an nGorta Mór
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