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Kotomora

ボートピープル

also: ボート・ピープル

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Meanings

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noun

boat people; boat refugees; refugees fleeing by boat

A neutral news and historical term for refugees who flee by boat, especially associated in the English gloss with refugees from Vietnam.

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