"natural disaster" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-natural disaster.wav [US] Forms: natural disasters [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} natural disaster (plural natural disasters)
  1. Any natural phenomenon that causes great damage and loss of life. Related terms: disaster area Translations (natural phenomenon): natuurramp (Afrikaans), كارثة طبيعية (Arabic), տարերային աղետ (tarerayin aġet) (Armenian), բնական աղետ (bnakan aġet) (Armenian), desastre natural [masculine] (Asturian), təbii fəlakət (Azerbaijani), тәбиғәт һәләкәте (təbiğət hələkəte) (Bashkir), hondamen natural (Basque), стыхійнае бедства (styxijnaje bjedstva) [neuter] (Belarusian), প্রাকৃতিক দুর্যোগ (prakritik durjōg) (Bengali), приро́дно бе́дствие (priródno bédstvie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), သဘာဝဘေးအန္တရာယ် (sa.bhawa.bhe:anta.ray) (Burmese), catàstrofe natural [feminine] (Catalan), 自然災害 (Chinese Mandarin), 自然灾害 (zìrán zāihài) (Chinese Mandarin), naturkatastrofe [common-gender] (Danish), natuurgeweld [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), natuurramp [masculine] (Dutch), naturkatastrofo (Esperanto), loodusõnnetus (Estonian), náttúruvanlukka (Faroese), luonnonmullistus (Finnish), désastre naturel [masculine] (French), catastrophe naturelle [feminine] (French), catástrofe natural [feminine] (Galician), სტიქიური უბედურება (sṭikiuri ubedureba) (Georgian), ბუნებრივი კატაკლიზმა (bunebrivi ḳaṭaḳlizma) (Georgian), Naturkatastrophe [feminine] (German), φυσική καταστροφή (fysikí katastrofí) [feminine] (Greek), θεομηνία (theominía) [feminine] (Greek), desas natirèl (Haitian Creole), אסון טבע (Hebrew), प्राकृतिक आपदा (prākŕtik āpdā) (Hindi), természeti katasztrófa (Hungarian), disastro natural (Interlingua), disastro naturale [masculine] (Italian), 自然災害 (shizen saigai) (alt: しぜんさいがい) (Japanese), ನೈಸರ್ಗಿಕ ವಿಕೋಪ (naisargika vikōpa) (Kannada), stichinė nelaimė [feminine] (Lithuanian), природна катастрофа (prirodna katastrofa) [feminine] (Macedonian), പ്രകൃതിക്ഷോഭം (prakr̥tikṣōbhaṁ) (Malayalam), नैसर्गिक संकट (naisargik saṅkaṭ) (Marathi), байгалийн гамшиг (bajgaliin gamšig) (Mongolian), प्राकृतिक प्रकोप (prākr̥tik prakop) (Nepali), naturkatastrofe [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), naturkatastrofe [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), catastròfa naturala [feminine] (Occitan), طبيعي ناورين (Pashto), klęska żywiołowa [feminine] (Polish), katastrofa naturalna [feminine] (Polish), kataklizm [masculine] (Polish), desastre natural [masculine] (Portuguese), ਕੁਦਰਤੀ ਤਬਾਹੀ (kudratī tabāhī) (Punjabi), dezastru natural [neuter] (Romanian), стихи́йное бе́дствие (stixíjnoje bédstvije) (Russian), prirodna katastrofa [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), قدرتي آفت (Sindhi), živelná pohroma [feminine] (Slovak), naravna katastrofa [feminine] (Slovene), desastre natural [masculine] (Spanish), maafa asilia (Swahili), naturkatastrof [common-gender] (Swedish), likas na sakuna (Tagalog), இயற்கைப் பேரழிவு (iyaṟkaip pēraḻivu) (Tamil), ภัยธรรมชาติ (Thai), стихійне лихо (styxijne lyxo) [neuter] (Ukrainian), قدرتی آفت (Urdu), tabiiy ofat (Uzbek), thảm hoạ thiên nhiên (Vietnamese), thiên tai (Vietnamese), trychineb naturiol (Welsh), natoerramp (West Frisian), قدرتی تباہی (Western Panjabi)
    Sense id: en-natural_disaster-en-noun-yptjf2Mp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 92 8 Disambiguation of 'natural phenomenon': 95 5
  2. The emergency situation that is the consequence of such an event. Translations (emergency situation): 自然災害 (Chinese Mandarin), 自然灾害 (zìrán zāihài) (Chinese Mandarin), naturkatastrofe [common-gender] (Danish), luonnonkatastrofi (Finnish), φυσική καταστροφή (fysikí katastrofí) [feminine] (Greek), természeti katasztrófa (Hungarian), disastro naturale [masculine] (Italian), 自然災害 (shizen saigai) (alt: しぜんさいがい) (Japanese), stan klęski żywiołowej [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-natural_disaster-en-noun-vjJFFE-9 Disambiguation of 'emergency situation': 2 98

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          "sense": "natural phenomenon",
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          "roman": "bunebrivi ḳaṭaḳlizma",
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          "code": "he",
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          "sense": "natural phenomenon",
          "word": "אסון טבע"
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          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "prākŕtik āpdā",
          "sense": "natural phenomenon",
          "word": "प्राकृतिक आपदा"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "natural phenomenon",
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ia",
          "lang": "Interlingua",
          "sense": "natural phenomenon",
          "word": "disastro natural"
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        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "natural phenomenon",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "disastro naturale"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "alt": "しぜんさいがい",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "shizen saigai",
          "sense": "natural phenomenon",
          "word": "自然災害"
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          "code": "kn",
          "lang": "Kannada",
          "roman": "naisargika vikōpa",
          "sense": "natural phenomenon",
          "word": "ನೈಸರ್ಗಿಕ ವಿಕೋಪ"
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          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "natural phenomenon",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "prirodna katastrofa",
          "sense": "natural phenomenon",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "природна катастрофа"
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          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "prakr̥tikṣōbhaṁ",
          "sense": "natural phenomenon",
          "word": "പ്രകൃതിക്ഷോഭം"
        },
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "mr",
          "lang": "Marathi",
          "roman": "naisargik saṅkaṭ",
          "sense": "natural phenomenon",
          "word": "नैसर्गिक संकट"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "bajgaliin gamšig",
          "sense": "natural phenomenon",
          "word": "байгалийн гамшиг"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ne",
          "lang": "Nepali",
          "roman": "prākr̥tik prakop",
          "sense": "natural phenomenon",
          "word": "प्राकृतिक प्रकोप"
        },
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "natural phenomenon",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "naturkatastrofe"
        },
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "natural phenomenon",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "naturkatastrofe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "natural phenomenon",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "catastròfa naturala"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ps",
          "lang": "Pashto",
          "sense": "natural phenomenon",
          "word": "طبيعي ناورين"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "natural phenomenon",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "klęska żywiołowa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "natural phenomenon",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "katastrofa naturalna"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "natural phenomenon",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "kataklizm"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "natural phenomenon",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "desastre natural"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "pa",
          "lang": "Punjabi",
          "roman": "kudratī tabāhī",
          "sense": "natural phenomenon",
          "word": "ਕੁਦਰਤੀ ਤਬਾਹੀ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "natural phenomenon",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "dezastru natural"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "stixíjnoje bédstvije",
          "sense": "natural phenomenon",
          "word": "стихи́йное бе́дствие"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "natural phenomenon",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "prirodna katastrofa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "sd",
          "lang": "Sindhi",
          "sense": "natural phenomenon",
          "word": "قدرتي آفت"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "natural phenomenon",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "živelná pohroma"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "natural phenomenon",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "naravna katastrofa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "natural phenomenon",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "desastre natural"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "natural phenomenon",
          "word": "maafa asilia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "natural phenomenon",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "naturkatastrof"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "natural phenomenon",
          "word": "likas na sakuna"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ta",
          "lang": "Tamil",
          "roman": "iyaṟkaip pēraḻivu",
          "sense": "natural phenomenon",
          "word": "இயற்கைப் பேரழிவு"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "sense": "natural phenomenon",
          "word": "ภัยธรรมชาติ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "styxijne lyxo",
          "sense": "natural phenomenon",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "стихійне лихо"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "sense": "natural phenomenon",
          "word": "قدرتی آفت"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "natural phenomenon",
          "word": "tabiiy ofat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "natural phenomenon",
          "word": "thảm hoạ thiên nhiên"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "natural phenomenon",
          "word": "thiên tai"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "natural phenomenon",
          "word": "trychineb naturiol"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "fy",
          "lang": "West Frisian",
          "sense": "natural phenomenon",
          "word": "natoerramp"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "pnb",
          "lang": "Western Panjabi",
          "sense": "natural phenomenon",
          "word": "قدرتی تباہی"
        }
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      "sense": "natural phenomenon",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "word": "luonnonmullistus"
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      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "natural phenomenon",
      "tags": [
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      "lang": "Georgian",
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      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "natural phenomenon",
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      "alt": "しぜんさいがい",
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      "word": "自然災害"
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      "sense": "natural phenomenon",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "природна катастрофа"
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      "sense": "natural phenomenon",
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      "sense": "natural phenomenon",
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      "tags": [
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      "sense": "natural phenomenon",
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      "lang": "Punjabi",
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      "sense": "natural phenomenon",
      "word": "ਕੁਦਰਤੀ ਤਬਾਹੀ"
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      "roman": "stixíjnoje bédstvije",
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      "word": "стихи́йное бе́дствие"
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      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "natural phenomenon",
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      "sense": "natural phenomenon",
      "word": "قدرتي آفت"
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      "sense": "natural phenomenon",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "sl",
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      "sense": "natural phenomenon",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "naravna katastrofa"
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      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "natural phenomenon",
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      "sense": "natural phenomenon",
      "word": "likas na sakuna"
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      "sense": "natural phenomenon",
      "word": "ภัยธรรมชาติ"
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      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "styxijne lyxo",
      "sense": "natural phenomenon",
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      "word": "стихійне лихо"
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      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "natural phenomenon",
      "word": "tabiiy ofat"
    },
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      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "natural phenomenon",
      "word": "thảm hoạ thiên nhiên"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "natural phenomenon",
      "word": "thiên tai"
    },
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      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "natural phenomenon",
      "word": "trychineb naturiol"
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      "code": "fy",
      "lang": "West Frisian",
      "sense": "natural phenomenon",
      "word": "natoerramp"
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      "code": "pnb",
      "lang": "Western Panjabi",
      "sense": "natural phenomenon",
      "word": "قدرتی تباہی"
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      "word": "自然災害"
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      "code": "pl",
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