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has gloss | eng: Third Pandemic is the designation of a major plague pandemic that began in the Yunnan province in China in 1855. This episode of bubonic plague spread to all inhabited continents, and ultimately killed more than 12 million people in India and China alone. According to the World Health Organization, the pandemic was considered active until 1959, when worldwide casualties dropped to 200 per year. |
lexicalization | eng: Third Pandemic |
instance of | (noun) an epidemic that is geographically widespread; occurring throughout a region or even throughout the world pandemic |
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has gloss | fra: La peste de Chine est le nom de la dernière pandémie de peste connue. Elle commença en 1894 à Hong Kong et toucha soixante-dix-sept ports sur les cinq continents en une dizaine d'années. |
lexicalization | fra: Peste de Chine |
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media:img | Directions for searchers, Pune plague of 1897.jpg |
media:img | Picture of Manchurian Plague victims in 1910 -1911.jpg |
media:img | World distribution of plague 1998.PNG |
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