famine

widespread scarcity of food followed by regional malnutrition, starvation, epidemic, and increased mortality
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famine

Summary

famine has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[1]

Key Facts

  • famine is a type of disaster[2].
  • famine is a type of food crisis[3].
  • famine is a type of deficiency[4].
  • famine's Commons category is recorded as Famines[5].
  • famine's has cause is recorded as population growth[6].
  • famine's has cause is recorded as starvation[7].
  • famine's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Famines[8].
  • famine's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[9].
  • famine's topic has template is recorded as Template:Infobox famine[10].
  • famine's different from is recorded as Hungersnot[11].
  • famine's permanent duplicated item is recorded as Q25554940[12].
  • famine's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[13].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include disaster[2], food crisis[3], and deficiency[4].

Influence

Things named for famine include hunger stone[14].

Why It Matters

famine has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[1] famine is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

Entities named for famine include hunger stone[14].

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  1. 9d ago · Andre Engels · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Oxford classical dictionary id 2633
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P9106]]: 2633, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/107284873|famine (#107284873)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/4102|Oxford Classical Dictionary]"
  2. 23d ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id h0000621-hladomor
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: h0000621-hladomor, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259493|batch #259493]]"
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