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tent embassies

tent embassies is the plural of tent embassy.

Meaning of tent embassy

Noun

tent embassy (plural tent embassies)

  1. (Australia) A semipermanent encampment set up as the focal point of a protest, particularly with regard to the rights of indigenous people.
    • Outstanding examples of this genre of moral opposition are the tent embassies erected at different times in Washington, Canberra, Ottawa, Oslo and other capital cities.1985, Jens Brøsted, Jens Dahl (editors), Native Power: The Quest for Autonomy and Nationhood of Indigenous Peoples, Scandinavian University Press, page 55

Questions about tent embassies

What is tent embassies the plural of?
Tent embassies is the plural of tent embassy.

Words near tent embassies in the dictionary

  1. tent bed
  2. tent beds
  3. tent camping
  4. tent caterpillar
  5. tent caterpillars
  6. tent embassies
  7. tent embassy
  8. tent meeting
  9. tent meetings
  10. tent peg
  11. tent pegging

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