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TOPIK 5noun

실향민

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실향민이 · 실향민을

displaced people who lost their hometown (especially from North Korea)

Example

실향민들은 명절마다 북쪽의 고향을 그리워해요.

Every holiday, displaced people miss their hometowns in the North.

Word parts

실 lose향 hometown민 people

Literally 'people who lost their hometown'.