name · noun · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˌɑː.məˈɡɛ.dn̩/
Received-Pronunciation:/-ˈɡɛ.dən/
General-American:/ˌɑɹ.məˈɡɛ.dn̩/
General-American:/-ˈɡɛ.dən/
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rhymes with -ɛdən
UK:/ˌɑː(ɹ).məˈɡɛ.dn̩/
UK:/-ˈɡɛ.dən/
UK:/ɑː(ɹ).məˈɡɛd.ʔn/
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US:/ˌɑɹ.məˈɡɛ.dn̩/
US:/-ˈɡɛ.dən/
US:[ˌɑɹ.məˈɡɛɾ.ʔn]
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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name
Meaning 1
Mount Megiddo, the site of a prophesied final battle between the forces of good and evil.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: Christianity, Islam, lifestyle, religion
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name
Meaning 2
The battle itself.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
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Meaning 3
Any end of the world, especially by way of a cataclysmic battle or something analogous to one.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
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noun
Meaning 4
The scene of a decisive conflict on a great scale.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 5
Any great and crucial conflict.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 6
A type of 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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: board-games, chess, games
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(New Testament) the scene of the final battle between the kings of the Earth at the end of the world
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: battlefield, battleground, field of battle, field of honor, field
History
Etymology
From Middle English Hermagedon, from Old English Ermagedon, from Latin Harmagedōn, from Ancient Greek Ἁρμαγεδών (Harmagedṓn), used in Revelation 16:16, referring to Mount Megiddo, the place of the last battle at the Last Judgment; from Hebrew הר מגידו / הַר מְגִדּוֹ (har megiddo).
A generalization of Armageddon.
Across languages
Translations
45 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
هَرْمَجَدُّون
(harmajaddūn)
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Arabic:
أَرْمَجِدُون
(ʔarmajidūn)
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Arabic:
أَرْمَجِدُون
(ʔarmagidūn)
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Catalan:
Harmagedon
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Chinese Mandarin:
哈米吉多頓 /哈米吉多顿
(Hāmǐjíduōdùn)
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Chinese Mandarin:
阿瑪革冬 /阿玛革冬
(Āmǎgédōng)
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Danish:
Armageddon
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Finnish:
Harmageddon
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French:
Armageddon
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Friulian:
Armageddon
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German:
Harmagedon
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Greek:
Αρμαγεδδώνας
(Armageddónas)
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Ancient Greek:
Ἁρμαγεδών
(Harmagedṓn)
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Hebrew:
הַר מְגִדּוֹ
(har Məgiddô)
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Hindi:
हरमगिदोन
(harmagidon)
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Icelandic:
Harmagedón
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Indonesian:
Harmagedon
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Irish:
Harmagadón
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Italian:
Armageddon
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Japanese:
ハルマゲドン
(Harumagedon)
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Japanese:
アルマゲドン
(Arumagedon)
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Korean:
하르마게돈
(Hareumagedon)
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Korean:
아마겟돈
(amagetdon)
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Northern Kurdish:
Harmegedon
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Latin:
Harmagedōn
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Malayalam:
അർമ്മഗദോൻ
(aṟmmagadōṉ)
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Norwegian Bokmål:
Harmageddon
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Persian:
آرماگدون
(ârmâgedon)
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Polish:
Armagedon
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Portuguese:
Armagedão
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Portuguese:
Armagedom
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Russian:
Армагеддо́н
(Armageddón)
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Scottish Gaelic:
Armagedon
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Spanish:
Armagedón
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Swedish:
Harmagedon
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Swedish:
harmageddon
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Turkish:
Armageddon
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Ukrainian:
Армагеддо́н
(Armaheddón)
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Ukrainian:
Армаґеддо́н
(Armageddón)
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Welsh:
Armagedon
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Finnish:
Harmageddonin taistelu
— battle
Irish:
báire na fola
— battle
Portuguese:
armagedão
— The scene of a decisive conflict on a great scale
Portuguese:
armagedom
— The scene of a decisive conflict on a great scale
Spanish:
armagedón
— The scene of a decisive conflict on a great scale