Meaning of the Great Starvation in English

1. Pronunciation

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1. Noun

   the Great Starvation

   Definitions

   1. a famine in Ireland resulting from a potato blight

   Examples

   • « between 1846 and 1851 a million people starved to death and 1.6 million emigrated (most to America) »

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