Armageddon

See also: armageddon

English

A nuclear holocaust is sometimes associated with modern visualizations of Armageddon

Etymology

From Hebrew הר מגידו \ ‎הַר‎ מְגִדּוֹ‎ (har megiddo), used in Revelation 16:16, referring to Mount Megiddo, the place of the last battle at the Last Judgment.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˌɑː(ɹ).məˈɡɛ.dn̩/, /-ˈɡɛ.dən/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˌɑɹ.məˈɡɛ.dn̩/, /-ˈɡɛ.dən/
Rhymes: -ɛdən
Hyphenation: Ar‧ma‧ged‧don

Proper noun

Armageddon

(Christianity, Islam) The site of a prophesied final battle between the forces of good and evil.
(by extension) The battle itself.

Synonyms

Apocalypse, Final Judgment

Coordinate terms

Ragnarok (Norse mythology)
day of reckoning, doomsday, judgement day, end times, end of the world

Translations

site

Arabic: أَرْمَجِدُون‎ m (ʾarmajidūn), أَرْمَجِدُون‎ m (ʾarmagidūn)
Catalan: Harmagedon m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 哈米吉多頓 (zh), 哈米吉多顿 (zh) (Hāmǐjíduōdùn)
Danish: Armageddon
Finnish: Harmageddon
French: Armageddon (fr) m
Friulian: Armageddon m
German: Harmagedon n
Greek: Αρμαγεδδώνας (el) m (Armageddónas)
Icelandic: Harmagedón n
Indonesian: Harmagedon
Italian: Armaghedòn m

Japanese: ハルマゲドン (Harumagedon), アルマゲドン (Arumagedon)
Korean: 하르마게돈 (Hareumagedon)
Kurdish: Harmegedon
Norwegian: Harmageddon
Persian: آرماگدون‎ (fa) (ârmagedon)
Polish: Har-Magedon m
Portuguese: Armagedão (pt) m
Russian: Армагеддо́н (ru) m (Armageddón)
Spanish: Armagedón m
Swedish: Harmagedon
Ukrainian: Армагеддон m (Armaheddón, Armageddón)
Welsh: Armagedon

battle

Finnish: Harmageddonin taistelu

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