kuga
1. kuga, epidemija, kužna bolezen, epidemija kuge
any epidemic disease with a high death rate [Katerakoli epidemija, ki ima visoko smrtnost.]
2. kuga, kužna bolezen
a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal [resna (včasih smrtna) okužba glodavcev, ki jo povzroči Yersinia pestis in se nenamerno prenaša na ljudi s pomočjo bolhe, ki je ugriznila okuženo žival.]
3. kuga
any of various infectious viral diseases of animals [katerakoli od različnih nalezljivih virusnih bolezni živali]
4. kuga, črna smrt, srednjeveška kuga
the epidemic form of bubonic plague experienced during the Middle Ages when it killed nearly half the people of western Europe [epidemična oblika kuge, ki se je pojavila v srednjem veku in ubila skoraj polovico prebivalstva Zahodne Evrope]
5. kuga
any large scale calamity (especially when thought to be sent by God) [vsaka velika katastrofa (posebno tista, ki naj bi jo poslal Bog)]