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famine meaning in Odia

ଦୁର୍ଭିକ୍ଷ

/ˈfæm.ɪn/US/ˈfæm.ən/

famine in Odia: ଦୁର୍ଭିକ୍ଷ, ଦୁର୍ଭିକ୍ଷା. In English, famine means extreme shortage of food in a region.

Odia words for famine

ଦୁର୍ଭିକ୍ଷ, ଦୁର୍ଭିକ୍ଷା

English meaning of famine

  1. noun Extreme shortage of food in a region.
  2. noun A period of extreme shortage of food in a region.
  3. noun Starvation or malnutrition.
  4. noun Severe shortage or lack of something.

Full definition of famine

famine in a sentence

  • the Lancashire Cotton Famine

Synonyms of famine

famine in other languages

Questions about famine in Odia

What is the meaning of famine in Odia?
Famine in Odia is ଦୁର୍ଭିକ୍ଷ, ଦୁର୍ଭିକ୍ଷା.
famine ର ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଅର୍ଥ କଣ?
Famine: ଦୁର୍ଭିକ୍ଷ, ଦୁର୍ଭିକ୍ଷା.
What does famine mean in English?
Famine means extreme shortage of food in a region.

Source and license

Odia words: machine translation by IndicTrans2 (AI4Bharat, MIT license), kept only when it translates back to “famine”. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: famine (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Odia words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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