🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

실향민

Pronunciation / Transliteration: silhyangmin

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Displaced Person/dɪsˈpleɪst ˈpɜːrsən/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"실향민들은 새로운 정착지를 찾고 있습니다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A person who has been forced to leave their home or country due to war, persecution, or natural disaster.

    "After the civil war, many displaced persons sought refuge in neighboring countries."
  2. 2

    A person who is unable to return to their home because it is unsafe or uninhabitable.

    "The organization provides aid to displaced persons living in temporary shelters."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'displaced person' originated during World War II to describe individuals who were forced to leave their homes due to conflict, persecution, or natural disasters. The word 'displace' comes from the Latin 'displacere', meaning 'to remove from a place', while 'person' derives from the Latin 'persona', referring to an individual human being.

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