famine
widespread scarcity of food followed by regional malnutrition, starvation, epidemic, and increased mortality
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Summary
famine ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,121 views/month).[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].
- famine's category for eponymous categories is recorded as Category:Wikipedia categories named after famines[14].
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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[15].
Why It Matters
famine ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,121 views/month).[1] famine has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] famine is known by 65 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]
Entities named for famine include hunger stone[15].