Armageddon

See also: armageddon

English

A nuclear holocaust is sometimes associated with modern visualizations of Armageddon

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Armageddon

(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.
(by extension) The battle itself.
(by extension) Any end of the world, especially by way of a cataclysmic battle or something analogous to one.

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／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
Italian: Armaghedòn m
Japanese: ハルマゲドン (Harumagedon), アルマゲドン (Arumagedon)
Korean: 하르마게돈 (Hareumagedon)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: Harmegedon
Latin: Armagedōn n
Malayalam: അർമ്മഗദോൻ (aṟmmagadōṉ)
Norwegian Bokmål: Harmageddon
Persian: آرماگدون‎ (fa) (ârmagedon)
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