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🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

망명

Pronunciation / Transliteration: mangmyeong

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Exile/ˈɛk.zaɪl/
nounverbCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #4500 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"그는 정치적 망명 생활을 했다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    The state of being barred from one's native country, typically for political or punitive reasons.

    "He lived in political exile for over twenty years."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin exilium, originating from exul (exile, banished person), likely rooted in the Indo-European base meaning 'out of' combined with a root for walking or wandering. Over centuries, it evolved to encompass both forced political banishment and self-imposed withdrawal from one's homeland.

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