실향민

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 失鄕民, from 失 (“to lose”) + 鄕 (“hometown”) + 民 (“people”).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?silhyangmin
Revised Romanization (translit.)?silhyangmin
McCune–Reischauer?sirhyangmin
Yale Romanization?sil.hyangmin

Noun

실향민 • (silhyangmin) (hanja 失鄕民)

  1. displaced person
    1. more precisely, one forcibly separated from their families as a result of the Korean War
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