"Black Death" meaning in English

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  1. (pathology, historical) A pandemic outbreak of bubonic plague throughout Europe and most of Asia in the 14th century that killed nearly half the population of Europe and Asia. Wikipedia link: Black Death Tags: historical Categories (topical): Bacterial diseases, Diseases, Insect-borne diseases Synonyms: the plague, the bubonic plague, the Black Plague Translations (14th century pandemic outbreak): مَوْت أَسْوَد (mawt ʔaswad) [masculine] (Arabic), bosenn zu [feminine] (Breton), черна смърт (černa smǎrt) [feminine] (Bulgarian), pesta negra [feminine] (Catalan), 黑死病 (hēisǐbìng) (Chinese Mandarin), den sorte død (Danish), zwarte dood [masculine] (Dutch), nigra morto (Esperanto), must surm (Estonian), svartideyði [masculine] (Faroese), musta surma (Finnish), peste noire [feminine] (French), Beulenpest [feminine] (German), schwarzer Tod [masculine] (German), Μαύρη Πανώλη (Mávri Panóli) [feminine] (Greek), המוות השחור (Hebrew), fekete halál (Hungarian), svarti dauði [masculine] (Icelandic), Kematian Hitam (Indonesian), peste nera [feminine] (Italian), 黒死病 (kokushibyō) (alt: こくしびょう) (Japanese), 흑사병 (heuksabyeong) (alt: 黑死病) (Korean), melnā nāve (Latvian), juodoji mirtis (Lithuanian), swart Dood [masculine] (Low German), цр́на смрт (cŕna smrt) [feminine] (Macedonian), хар үхэл (xar üxel) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), pésta [feminine] (Neapolitan), svartedauden (note: definite form) [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), svartedauden (note: definite form) [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), czarna śmierć [feminine] (Polish), peste negra [feminine] (Portuguese), moartea neagră [feminine] (Romanian), ciumă [feminine] (Romanian), pestă [feminine] (Romanian), чёрная смерть (čórnaja smertʹ) [feminine] (Russian), чёрный мор (čórnyj mor) [masculine] (Russian), Bàs Dubh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), доба куге [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), црна смрт [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), doba kuge [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), crna smrt [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), mor [masculine] (Slovak), črna smrt [feminine] (Slovene), peste negra [feminine] (Spanish), digerdöden (note: definite form) [common-gender] (Swedish), pesten (note: definite form) [common-gender] (Swedish), böldpest [common-gender] (Swedish), kara ölüm (Turkish), Cái Chết Đen (Vietnamese), pla du [masculine] (Welsh), haint y nodau [feminine] (Welsh)
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