calamity n : an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; "the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity"; "the earthquake was a disaster" [syn: catastrophe, disaster, tragedy, cataclysm]

English

Etymology

calamitas

Pronunciation

Noun

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

Calamity may refer to:

• A disaster, a terrible event
• Al-Qaria (English: The Calamity), the 101st sura of the Qur'an
• Calamity Jane, a nineteenth century American frontierwoman
  • Calamity Jane (1953 film), a 1953 film based on the person
• Calamity James, a British comic book character
• Calamity King, a fictional character from D.C. comics
• Calamity (board game), a board game released by Games Workshop in 1983
• GAT-X131 Calamity Gundam, a fictional weapon from the Gundam series
• The Irish Potato Famine (1845-1849), also known as "The Great Calamity"
• Calamity Coyote from Tiny Toon Adventures

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