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postfamine

postfamine adjective: after the Great Irish Famine.

Adjective

postfamine (not comparable)

  1. After the Great Irish Famine.

Origin of postfamine

From post- + famine.

Questions about postfamine

What does postfamine mean?
Postfamine means after the Great Irish Famine.
What part of speech is postfamine?
Postfamine is an adjective.

Words near postfamine in the dictionary

  1. postfactum
  2. postfader
  3. postfailure
  4. postfame
  5. postfamilial
  6. postfamine
  7. postfascism
  8. postfascist
  9. postfascists
  10. postfatigue
  11. postfatigued

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