calamity

Meaning

  1. An event resulting in great loss.
  2. The distress that results from some disaster.

Frequency

C2
Hyphenated as
ca‧lam‧i‧ty
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kəˈlæmɪti/
Etymology

From Middle French calamité, from Latin calamitās (“loss, damage; disaster”).

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