vluchtelingenkamp

Dutch

Etymology

From vluchteling +‎ -en- +‎ kamp, probably a calque of English refugee camp. First attested around 1900 in relation to the Second Boer War, denoting the British internment/concentration camps. As a result it was initially considered a cynical, sanitised term, but the word became more neutral during the First World War.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈvlʏx.tə.lɪ.ŋə(n)ˌkɑmp/
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  • Hyphenation: vluch‧te‧lin‧gen‧kamp

Noun

vluchtelingenkamp n (plural vluchtelingenkampen, diminutive vluchtelingenkampje n)

  1. refugee camp
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