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internally displaced persons

internally displaced persons is the plural of internally displaced person.

Meaning of internally displaced person

Noun

internally displaced person (plural internally displaced persons or internally displaced people)

  1. Someone who is forced to flee their home but who remains within their country's borders.
    • By the end of 2022 the number of internally displaced people (IDPs) – those forced from their homes but remaining within their country of residence – reached 71 million, according to figures published by the Norwegian Refugee Council’s Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC), up from 59.1...2023 May 11, Lizzy Davies, “Conflict and climate disasters combine to create record rise in displaced people”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC...

Questions about internally displaced persons

What is internally displaced persons the plural of?
Internally displaced persons is the plural of internally displaced person.

Words near internally displaced persons in the dictionary

  1. internalizes
  2. internalizing
  3. internally
  4. internally displaced people
  5. internally displaced person
  6. internally displaced persons
  7. internalness
  8. internals
  9. internarial
  10. internasal
  11. internasals

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