"internment camp" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: internment camps [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} internment camp (plural internment camps)
  1. (euphemistic) a concentration camp, especially a non-Nazi one from before or during WWII; a detention center; a relocation camp. Tags: euphemistic Related terms: concentration camp Translations (euphemism): 拘禁營 (Chinese Mandarin), 拘禁营 (Chinese Mandarin), interneringslejr [common-gender] (Danish), interneringskamp [neuter] (Dutch), strafkamp [neuter] (Dutch), järjestelyleiri (Finnish), camp d’internement [masculine] (French), Internierungslager [neuter] (German), מַחֲנֵה מַעֲצָר (makhané ma'atsár) [masculine] (Hebrew), obóz dla internowanych [masculine] (Polish), interneringsläger [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-internment_camp-en-noun-KkqBsmfE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English euphemisms

Inflected forms

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