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Historically, "plague" has been used for any number of widespread out breaks of disease including the Black Death, The Great Plague of London, Typhus, and even Syphilis.
Other words for "plague" include:
- Pox
- Epidemic
- Scourge
- Pestilence
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What is the Greek word for plague?
The word for plague in Greek is panoukla. The word for plague in Italian is peste, and the word in Spanish is plaga.
What word has a root meaning plague?
The word "pestilence" has a root meaning plague, which comes from the Latin word "pestis" meaning plague.
What Was another name for bubonic plague?
Another name for the plague is the black death
Can you give me a a sentence with the word plague?
The plague is a big event in history.I'm as disorganized as a plague pit at the moment.The plague orginated in Europe.Here is the sentence:Can you use plague in a sentence?orI dont know how to use plague in a sentence.The plague hit many citizens in the Middle Ages and killed almost 2/5ths of the population.One sentence with the word plague is "The plague is a very contagious disease."
Another word for outbreak?
Outbreak, plague, pandemic, epizootic.widespread,, extensive, pervasive, endemic.eSource(s):Oxford Thesaurus. III edition.
How can you use the word bubonic plague in a sentence?
The Bubonic Plague killed millions of people.
Can you give me a sentence with the word plague in it?
The plague is a big event in history.I'm as disorganized as a plague pit at the moment.The plague orginated in Europe.Here is the sentence:Can you use plague in a sentence?orI dont know how to use plague in a sentence.The plague hit many citizens in the Middle Ages and killed almost 2/5ths of the population.One sentence with the word plague is "The plague is a very contagious disease."
What is the collective noun for a plague of?
The collective noun plague (a word for a dangerous disease that spreads quickly) is used to group things that are harmful and have become too common (a plague of violence, a plague of accidents); or things that have become too great in number, seemingly our to control (a plague of locusts, a plague of rats).
Is plague a common noun?
The distinction between nouns is not whether they are abstract or common, but whether they are abstract or concrete.The word plague may be either abstract or concrete, common or proper.- As a disease, it is a concrete noun for the physical condition caused by an infection.- It is used metaphorically as an abstract noun: a plague of immigrants, a plague of economic woes.- Either of the above are common nouns. The proper noun, a capitalized form, is the Plague to refer to an historic illness, an epidemic of bubonic plague also known as the Black Death.
Does plague have the long a sound?
Yes. The A has a long A sound as in plate and vague.
What is the English word 'plague' in German?
Die Pest as 'bubonic plague', Die Plage as 'plaque' or 'bother', or Die Seuche as 'epidemic' may be German equivalents of 'plague'.
Which bacterial agent is contagious person to person?
There thousands that are passed from one person to another. Another name for them is infectious diseases.
