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Armageddon

Pronunciation: /ˌɑːməˈɡɛdn̩/

The English word “Armageddon” has 4 meanings listed here.

proper noun

  1. Mount Megiddo, a hill in modern Israel near the kibbutz of Megiddo, which is the site of a prophesized final battle between the forces of good and evil before the Last Judgment.
  2. The battle itself.

noun

  1. A catastrophic or great conflict, especially one regarded as likely to destroy the human race or the world; (loosely) the end of the world.
  2. A type of chess game, usually played when a match would otherwise end in a draw, where black wins drawn games and white is given more time as compensation.

Etymology

The proper noun is from Middle English Hermagedon, from Old English Ermagedon, from Late Latin Harmagedōn, from Ancient Greek Ἁρμαγεδών (Harmagedṓn), used in the New Testament of the Bible (see the quotations) to render Hebrew הַר מְגִדּוֹ (har megído, “Mount Megiddo, the place where the final battle before the Last Judgment is predicted to occur”) from הַר (har, “mountain”) + מְגִידּוֹ (megído,…

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