boat people
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boat people
noun boat person
- Refugees fleeing by sea, particularly those fleeing from South Vietnam during the 1970s and '80s. Indochinese refugees, known throughout the world as the “boat people,” were subject to horrific suffering and dangers when the Vietnamese government began expelling them after the fall of Saigon.
- An ethnic group that principally lives on fishing and houseboats, particularly the Tanka or Dan people of East Asia.
- plural of boat person
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noun refugees fleeing by sea
| 中文 | 船民 chuánmín |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Bootsflüchtlinge, Boatpeople |
| Русский | «лю́ди с ло́дки» |
| Tiếng Việt | người thuyền nhân |
noun ethnic group that principally lives on fishing and houseboats
| 中文 | 蜑家 dànjiā, 疍家 dànjiā |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Schiffsvolk, Bootmenschen |
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@misc{boat_people_2026,
title = {boat people},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/boat%20people},
urldate = {2026-11-07}
}
