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plague meaning in Telugu

ఆలము ālamu

/pleɪɡ//plɛɡ/

plague in Telugu: ఆలము (ālamu), మారి (māri). In English, plague means the bubonic plague, the pestilent disease caused by the virulent bacterium Yersinia pestis.

Telugu words for plague

plague, trouble, oppression
ఆలము ālamu
a plague, epidemic or pestilence, slaughter
మారి māri

English meaning of plague

  1. noun The bubonic plague, the pestilent disease caused by the virulent bacterium Yersinia pestis.
  2. noun An epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence, but especially that caused by the above disease.
  3. noun A widespread affliction, calamity, or destructive influx, especially when seen as divine retribution.
  4. noun A grave nuisance, whatever greatly irritates.

Full definition of plague

plague in a sentence

  • Ten Biblical plagues over Egypt, ranging from locusts to the death of the crown prince, finally forced Pharaoh to let Moses's people go.
  • Bart is an utter plague; his pranks never cease.
  • Natural catastrophes plagued the colonists till they abandoned the pestilent marshland.

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Questions about plague in Telugu

What is the meaning of plague in Telugu?
Plague in Telugu is ఆలము (ālamu), మారి (māri).
plague అంటే తెలుగులో అర్థం ఏమిటి?
Plague: ఆలము (ālamu), మారి (māri).
What does plague mean in English?
Plague means the bubonic plague, the pestilent disease caused by the virulent bacterium Yersinia pestis.

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Telugu words from Wiktionary's Telugu entries whose English meaning is “plague”: ఆలము, మారి. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: plague (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Telugu words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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