boat people

English

Noun

boat people

1. (historical) Refugees fleeing by sea, particularly those fleeing from South Vietnam during the 1970s and '80s.
2. An ethnic group that principally lives on fishing and houseboats, particularly the Tanka or Dan people of East Asia.
3. plural of boat person

Translations

refugees fleeing by sea

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 船民 (zh) (chuánmín)

• Finnish: venepakolaiset pl
• German: Bootsflüchtlinge (de) m pl, Boatpeople m pl
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• Russian: «лю́ди с ло́дки» m pl («ljúdi s lódki»)
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• Vietnamese: người thuyền nhân

ethnic group that principally lives on fishing and houseboats

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蜑家 (zh) (dànjiā), 疍家 (dànjiā)

• Finnish: venekansa
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