# Holodomor

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˌhɒlədəˈmɔː(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #76,856

## Definitions
1. The 1932–33 famine affecting rural Ukraine and other territories of the Soviet Union, a result of the forced collectivization of land-owning peasants by the Soviet government.
2. А famine with mass deaths, especially one of the Soviet famines in 1921–22, 1932–33, or 1946–47.

## Etymology
Late 1980s, from Ukrainian Голодомо́р (Holodomór), from го́лод (hólod, “hunger, famine”) + мор (mor, “mass death, exhaustion”). Compare мори́ти (morýty, “kill by hunger or exhaustion”, verb). Not related to Holocaust.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/holodomor