Голодомор

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Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ukrainian Голодомо́р (Holodomór), derived from Ukrainian мори́ти го́лодом (morýty hólodom, to kill by starvation). Compare го́лод (gólod, hunger) and мор (mor, plague, pestilence), мори́ть (morítʹ, to kill, to exterminate).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Голодомо́р (Golodomórm inan (genitive Голодомо́ра)

  1. Holodomor (Ukrainian famine of 1932-33)

Declension