Armageddonとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

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).

発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /ˌɑː(ɹ).məˈɡɛ.dn̩/, /-ˈɡɛ.dən/
• (米国発音) IPA^(key): /ˌɑɹ.məˈɡɛ.dn̩/, /-ˈɡɛ.dən/
• 韻: -ɛdən
• ハイフネーション: Ar‧ma‧ged‧don

固有名詞

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.

同意語

• Apocalypse, Final Judgment

等位語

• Ragnarok (Norse mythology)
• day of reckoning, doomsday, judgement day, end times, end of the world

Further reading

• Armageddon on Wikipedia.