Armageddon

See also: armageddon

English

A nuclear holocaust is sometimes associated with modern visualizations of Armageddon

Etymology

From Middle English Hermagedon, from Old English Ermagedon, from Latin Hermagedon, 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).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌɑː(ɹ).məˈɡɛ.dn̩/, /-ˈɡɛ.dən/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌɑɹ.məˈɡɛ.dn̩/, /-ˈɡɛ.dən/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɛdən
• Hyphenation: Ar‧ma‧ged‧don

Proper noun

Armageddon

1. (Christianity, Islam) Mount Megiddo, the site of a prophesied final battle between the forces of good and evil.
   • 1941 October, F. S. Bond, “The Railways of China”, in Railway Magazine, page 440:

     And so, unfortunately, this great and spreading network of railways, that recently showed such promise as a major instrument in the modern development of China, must be left for the time being in the melting-pot of Armageddon.

2. (by extension) The battle itself.
3. (by extension) Any end of the world, especially by way of a cataclysmic battle or something analogous to one.
   • 1996, “Ænema”, performed by Tool:

     Some say the end is near
     Some say we'll see Armageddon soon
     I certainly hope we will
     I sure could use a vacation from this ...

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 (ʔarmajidūn), أَرْمَجِدُون m (ʔarmagidūn)
• Catalan: Harmagedon m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 哈米吉多頓 / 哈米吉多顿 (zh) (Hāmǐjíduōdùn), 阿瑪革冬 / 阿玛革冬 (Āmǎgédōng) (Catholic)

• Danish: Armageddon
• Finnish: Harmageddon
• French: Armageddon (fr) m
• Friulian: Armageddon m
• German: Harmagedon n
• Greek: Αρμαγεδδώνας (el) m (Armageddónas)
• Icelandic: Harmagedón n
• Indonesian: Harmagedon
• Irish: Harmagadón m
• Italian: Armaghedòn m
• Japanese: ハルマゲドン (ja) (Harumagedon), アルマゲドン (ja) (Arumagedon)
• Korean: 하르마게돈 (ko) (Hareumagedon), 아마겟돈 (amagetdon)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Harmegedon

• Latin: Armagedōn n
• Malayalam: അർമ്മഗദോൻ (aṟmmagadōṉ)
• Norwegian Bokmål: Harmageddon
• Persian: آرماگدون (fa) (ârmâgedon)
• Polish: Armagedon (pl) m
• Portuguese: Armagedão (pt) m, Armagedom (pt) m
• Russian: Армагеддо́н (ru) m (Armageddón)
• Spanish: Armagedón (es) m
• Swedish: Harmagedon, harmageddon (sv) n
• Turkish: Armageddon (tr)
• Ukrainian: Армагеддо́н m (Armaheddón), Армаґеддо́н m (Armageddón)
• Welsh: Armagedon

battle

• Finnish: Harmageddonin taistelu
• Irish: báire na fola

Further reading

• Armageddon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia