"Holodomor" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ˌhɒlədəˈmɔː(ɹ)/ Forms: Holodomors [plural]
Etymology: Late 1980s, from Ukrainian Голодомо́р (Holodomór), from го́лод (hólod, “hunger, famine”) + мор (mor, “mass death, exhaustion”). Compare мори́ти (morýty, “kill by hunger or exhaustion”, verb). Not related to Holocaust. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|uk|Голодомо́р}} Ukrainian Голодомо́р (Holodomór) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|Holodomors}} Holodomor (plural Holodomors)
  1. (historical) The 1932–33 famine affecting rural Ukraine and other territories of the Soviet Union, a result of the forced collectivization of land-owning peasants by the Soviet government. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Historical events, History of Ukraine Categories (place): Soviet Union, Ukraine Translations (1932–33 famine in Ukraine): Holodomor (Afrikaans), هُولُودُومُور (holodomōr) [feminine] (Arabic), Գոլոդոմոր (Golodomor) (Armenian), Հոլոդոմոր (Holodomor) (Armenian), Qolodomor (Azerbaijani), Галадамо́р (Haladamór) [masculine] (Belarusian), галадамо́р (haladamór) [masculine] (Belarusian), Гладомо́р (Gladomór) [masculine] (Bulgarian), гладомо́р (gladomór) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 烏克蘭大飢荒 (Chinese Mandarin), 乌克兰大饥荒 (Wūkèlán dà jīhuang) (Chinese Mandarin), hladomor [masculine] (Czech), holodomor (Danish), golodomor (Estonian), holodomor (Finnish), Holodomor [masculine] (French), ჰოლოდომორი (holodomori) (Georgian), გოლოდომორი (golodomori) (Georgian), Holodomor [masculine] (German), Γολοντομόρ (Golontomór) [neuter] (Greek), הוֹלוֹדוֹמוֹר (holodomór) [masculine] (Hebrew), Holodomor (Italian), ホロドモール (horodomōru) (Japanese), 홀로도모르 (hollodomoreu) (Korean), golodomors [masculine] (Latvian), holodomoras [masculine] (Lithuanian), هولودومور (holodomôr) (Persian), Hołodomor [masculine] (Polish), Wielki Głód [masculine] (Polish), Holodomor [masculine] (Portuguese), Голодомо́р (Golodomór) [masculine] (Russian), голодомо́р (golodomór) [masculine] (Russian), hladomor [masculine] (Slovak), gladomor [masculine] (Slovene), holodomor (Swedish), ҳолодомор (holodomor) (Tajik), Голодомо́р (Holodomór) [masculine] (Ukrainian), голодомо́р (holodomór) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
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  2. (historical, rare) А famine with mass deaths, especially one of the Soviet famines in 1921–22, 1932–33, or 1946–47. Tags: historical, rare Categories (topical): Death, Historical events
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: artificial famine, famine-genocide, Great Famine, terror famine, terror-genocide, Golodomor, holodomor Related terms: dekulakization, Asharshylyk, another famine that affected Kazakhstan during Soviet times

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      "roman": "holodomor",
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      "word": "ҳолодомор"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "Holodomór",
      "sense": "1932–33 famine in Ukraine",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Голодомо́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "holodomór",
      "sense": "1932–33 famine in Ukraine",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "голодомо́р"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Holodomor"
  ],
  "word": "Holodomor"
}

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