resettlement
pronunciation
How to pronounce resettlement in British English:
UK [ˌri:'setlmənt]
How to pronounce resettlement in American English:
US [ˌri'setlmənt]
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- Noun:
- the transportation of people (as a family or colony) to a new settlement (as after an upheaval of some kind)
Word Origin
- resettlement (n.)
- 1630s, from resettle + -ment. In a South African context from 1954.
Example
- 1. They say it is the biggest resettlement project in china 's history .
- 2. There were found large deposits of natural gas in yamal and this fact undoubtedly influences resettlement of nomadic nenets .
- 3. None was allowed access to united nations officials , who might have classified them as refugees deserving protection and eventual resettlement .
- 4. Many others complain that corrupt officials have siphoned off resettlement funds . Numerous protest leaders have been arrested or jailed over the years .
- 5. The north koreans come to thailand because they believe the country won 't repatriate them . Indeed , thailand quietly turns them over to a south korean government that has a well-established resettlement programme for defectors .