displaced person

English

Etymology

Displaced person as a result of xenophobic violence in South Africa.

From displaced +‎ person.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /dɪsˌpleɪst ˈpɜːsn̩/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /dɪsˌpleɪst ˈpɜɹs(ə)n/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)sən
• Hyphenation: dis‧placed per‧son

Noun

displaced person (plural displaced persons or displaced people)

1. A refugee, especially of war or of forced migration.

   Synonym: (initialism) DP

   Hyponym: internally displaced person

Translations

refugee

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 難民／难民 (zh) (nànmín)

• Finnish: pakolainen (fi)
• French: personne déplacée (fr) f
• German: Displaced Person (de) f, DP (de) f
• Italian: profugo di guerra, sfollato
• Russian: перемещённое лицо́ n (peremeščónnoje licó)
• Spanish: persona desplazada f
• Ukrainian: перемі́щена осо́ба f (peremíščena osóba)

Further reading

• displaced person on Wikipedia.Wikipedia