"Armageddon" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ˌɑː(ɹ).məˈɡɛ.dn̩/ [UK], /-ˈɡɛ.dən/ [UK], /ˌɑɹ.məˈɡɛ.dn̩/ [US], /-ˈɡɛ.dən/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Armageddon.wav
Rhymes: -ɛdən Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ἁρμαγεδών (Harmagedṓn), used in Revelation 16:16, referring to Mount Megiddo, the place of the last battle at the Last Judgment; from Hebrew הר מגידו / הַר מְגִדּוֹ (har megiddo). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|grc|Ἁρμαγεδών}} Ancient Greek Ἁρμαγεδών (Harmagedṓn), {{der|en|he|-}} Hebrew, {{he-l|הר מגידו|dwv=הַר מְגִדּוֹ|tr=har megiddo}} הר מגידו / הַר מְגִדּוֹ (har megiddo) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Armageddon
  1. (Christianity, Islam) Mount Megiddo, the site of a prophesied final battle between the forces of good and evil. Categories (topical): Christianity, Islam, Bible Translations (site): أَرْمَجِدُون (ʔarmajidūn) [masculine] (Arabic), أَرْمَجِدُون (ʔarmagidūn) [masculine] (Arabic), Harmagedon [masculine] (Catalan), 哈米吉多頓 (Chinese Mandarin), 哈米吉多顿 (Hāmǐjíduōdùn) (Chinese Mandarin), 阿瑪革冬 (Chinese Mandarin), 阿玛革冬 (Āmǎgédōng) [Catholic] (Chinese Mandarin), Armageddon (Danish), Harmageddon (Finnish), Armageddon [masculine] (French), Armageddon [masculine] (Friulian), Harmagedon [neuter] (German), Αρμαγεδδώνας (Armageddónas) [masculine] (Greek), Harmagedón [neuter] (Icelandic), Harmagedon (Indonesian), Harmagadón [masculine] (Irish), Armaghedòn [masculine] (Italian), ハルマゲドン (Harumagedon) (Japanese), アルマゲドン (Arumagedon) (Japanese), 하르마게돈 (Hareumagedon) (Korean), 아마겟돈 (amagetdon) (Korean), Armagedōn [neuter] (Latin), അർമ്മഗദോൻ (aṟmmagadōṉ) (Malayalam), Harmegedon (Northern Kurdish), Harmageddon (Norwegian Bokmål), آرماگدون (ârmâgedon) (Persian), Armagedon [masculine] (Polish), Armagedão [masculine] (Portuguese), Armagedom [masculine] (Portuguese), Армагеддо́н (Armageddón) [masculine] (Russian), Armagedón [masculine] (Spanish), Harmagedon (Swedish), harmageddon [neuter] (Swedish), Armageddon (Turkish), Армагеддо́н (Armaheddón) [masculine] (Ukrainian), Армаґеддо́н (Armageddón) [masculine] (Ukrainian), Armagedon (Welsh)
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  2. (by extension) The battle itself. Tags: broadly Translations (battle): Harmageddonin taistelu (Finnish), báire na fola (Irish)
    Sense id: en-Armageddon-en-name-i5XfFjAj Disambiguation of 'battle': 28 47 25
  3. (by extension) Any end of the world, especially by way of a cataclysmic battle or something analogous to one. Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-Armageddon-en-name-yM47fS5j
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Apocalypse, Final Judgment Coordinate_terms: Ragnarok [Norse] [mythology, mysticism, philosophy, human-sciences, sciences], day of reckoning, doomsday, judgement day, end times, end of the world
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        "(by extension) The battle itself."
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