Phrase guide

refugee camp

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A camp where refugees seek shelter.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

shelter for persons displaced by war or political oppression or for religious beliefs

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: camp

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: shelter

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

30 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: vlugtelingkamp — camp where refugees seek shelter
  • Arabic: مُخَيَّم لَاجِئِين (muḵayyam lājiʔīn) — camp where refugees seek shelter
  • Bulgarian: бежански лагер (bežanski lager) — camp where refugees seek shelter
  • Chinese Mandarin: 難民營 /难民营 (nànmínyíng) — camp where refugees seek shelter
  • Czech: uprchlický tábor — camp where refugees seek shelter
  • Dutch: vluchtelingenkamp — camp where refugees seek shelter
  • Estonian: põgenikelaager — camp where refugees seek shelter
  • Finnish: pakolaisleiri — camp where refugees seek shelter
  • French: camp de réfugiés — camp where refugees seek shelter
  • Georgian: ლტოლვილთა ბანაკი (lṭolvilta banaḳi) — camp where refugees seek shelter
  • German: Flüchtlingslager — camp where refugees seek shelter
  • Greek: προσφυγικός καταυλισμός (prosfygikós katavlismós) — camp where refugees seek shelter
  • Greek: καταυλισμός προσφύγων (katavlismós prosfýgon) — camp where refugees seek shelter
  • Hebrew: מחנה פליטים — camp where refugees seek shelter
  • Hungarian: menekülttábor — camp where refugees seek shelter
  • Italian: campo per rifugiati — camp where refugees seek shelter
  • Japanese: 難民キャンプ (nanmin kyanpu) — camp where refugees seek shelter
  • Khmer: ជំរំជនភៀសខ្លួន (cumrum cɔɔn phiəh kluən) — camp where refugees seek shelter
  • Korean: 난민 수용소 (nanmin suyongso) — camp where refugees seek shelter
  • Polish: obóz dla uchodźców — camp where refugees seek shelter
  • Russian: ла́герь для бе́женцев (lágerʹ dlja béžencev) — camp where refugees seek shelter
  • Russian: ла́герь бе́женцев (lágerʹ béžencev) — camp where refugees seek shelter
  • Serbo-Croatian: izbjeglički logor — camp where refugees seek shelter
  • Serbo-Croatian: logor za izbjeglice — camp where refugees seek shelter
  • Slovene: begunsko taborišče — camp where refugees seek shelter
  • Spanish: campo de refugiados — camp where refugees seek shelter
  • Swedish: flyktingläger — camp where refugees seek shelter
  • Turkish: göçmen kampı — camp where refugees seek shelter
  • Ukrainian: та́бір для бі́женців (tábir dlja bíženciv) — camp where refugees seek shelter
  • Vietnamese: trại tị nạn — camp where refugees seek shelter