Armageddon

English

A nuclear holocaust is often associated with Armageddon

Etymology

From Hebrew הר מגידו (har megiddo), used in Revelation 16:16, referring to Mount Megiddo, the place of the last battle at the Last Judgment.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛdən
• Hyphenation: Ar‧ma‧ged‧don

Proper noun

Armageddon

1. (Christianity, Islam) The site of a prophesied final battle between the forces of good and evil.
2. The scene of a decisive conflict on a great scale.
3. Any great and crucial conflict.

See also

• Armageddon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Synonyms

• apocalypse, catastrophe, day of reckoning, destruction, disaster, doomsday, Final Judgment, judgement day, nuclear holocaust, Ragnarok.

See also

• end times, end of the world
• Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

Translations

The place where the final battle will be fought between the forces of good and evil

• Arabic: أرمجدون (ar) ('armajiduun, 'armagiduun) m
• Catalan: Harmagedon m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 哈米吉多頓 (cmn), 哈米吉多顿 (cmn) (Hāmǐjíduōdùn)

• Danish: Armageddon (da)
• Finnish: Harmageddonin taistelu
• French: Armageddon (fr) m
• Friulian: Armageddon m
• German: Harmagedon (de) n
• Greek: Αρμαγεδδώνας (el) (Armageddónas) m
• Icelandic: Harmagedón (is) n
• Indonesian: Harmagedon
• Italian: Armaghedòn (it) m

• Japanese: ハルマゲドン (ja) (Harumagedon), アルマゲドン (ja) (Arumagedon)
• Korean: 아마겟돈 (ko) (Amagetdon)
• Kurdish: Harmegedon
• Norwegian: Harmageddon (no)
• Persian: آرماگدون (fa) (ârmagedon)
• Polish: Har-Magedon (pl) m
• Portuguese: Armagedão (pt) m
• Russian: Армагеддон (ru) (Armageddón) m
• Spanish: Armagedón (es) m
• Swedish: Harmagedon (sv)
• Ukrainian: Армагеддон (uk) (Armaheddón, Armageddón) m
• Welsh: Armagedon (cy)

The scene of a decisive conflict on a great scale

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: simpl. 世界末日

Any great and crucial conflict