Blight
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- Blighty: a British English slang term for England, deriving from the Hindustani word vilāyatī (विलायती) (pronounced bilāti in many Indian dialects and languages), , originally meaning something like "province". In India the term came to refer to Europe, and more specifically England and Britain.
- blight: disease that leads to widespread crop failure (e.g., the Irish Potato Famine)
