refugee camp

noun

A camp where refugees seek shelter.

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Meanings

nounrefugee camp (plural refugee camps)

plural refugee camps

  1. A camp where refugees seek shelter.

Synonyms & antonyms

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

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camp
Broader
shelter
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camp

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Afrikaans vlugtelingkamp
  • vlugtelingkampcamp where refugees seek shelter
Arabic مُخَيَّم لَاجِئِين
  • مُخَيَّم لَاجِئِين (muḵayyam lājiʔīn)camp where refugees seek shelter
Bulgarian бежански лагер
  • бежански лагер (bežanski lager)camp where refugees seek shelter
Chinese Mandarin 難民營 /难民营
  • 難民營 /难民营 (nànmínyíng)camp where refugees seek shelter
Czech uprchlický tábor
  • uprchlický táborcamp where refugees seek shelter
Dutch vluchtelingenkamp
  • vluchtelingenkampcamp where refugees seek shelter
Estonian põgenikelaager
  • põgenikelaagercamp where refugees seek shelter
Finnish pakolaisleiri
  • pakolaisleiricamp where refugees seek shelter
French camp de réfugiés
  • camp de réfugiéscamp where refugees seek shelter
German Flüchtlingslager
  • Flüchtlingslagercamp where refugees seek shelter
Greek προσφυγικός καταυλισμός, καταυλισμός προσφύγων
  • προσφυγικός καταυλισμός (prosfygikós katavlismós)camp where refugees seek shelter
  • καταυλισμός προσφύγων (katavlismós prosfýgon)camp where refugees seek shelter
Hebrew מחנה פליטים
  • מחנה פליטיםcamp where refugees seek shelter
Hungarian menekülttábor
  • menekülttáborcamp where refugees seek shelter
Italian campo per rifugiati
  • campo per rifugiaticamp where refugees seek shelter
Japanese 難民キャンプ
  • 難民キャンプ (nanmin kyanpu)camp where refugees seek shelter
Korean 난민 수용소
  • 난민 수용소 (nanmin suyongso)camp where refugees seek shelter
Polish obóz dla uchodźców
  • obóz dla uchodźcówcamp where refugees seek shelter
Russian ла́герь для бе́женцев, ла́герь бе́женцев
  • ла́герь для бе́женцев (lágerʹ dlja béžencev)camp where refugees seek shelter
  • ла́герь бе́женцев (lágerʹ béžencev)camp where refugees seek shelter
Spanish campo de refugiados
  • campo de refugiadoscamp where refugees seek shelter
Swedish flyktingläger
  • flyktinglägercamp where refugees seek shelter
Turkish göçmen kampı
  • göçmen kampıcamp where refugees seek shelter
Ukrainian та́бір для бі́женців
  • та́бір для бі́женців (tábir dlja bíženciv)camp where refugees seek shelter
Vietnamese trại tị nạn
  • trại tị nạncamp where refugees seek shelter
Cite this entry
APA

refugee camp. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/refugee%20camp

MLA

“refugee camp.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/refugee%20camp. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “refugee camp,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/refugee%20camp.

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