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Meaning of etna purigado | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
ˈetna puriˈɡado

Definitions

  1. ethnic cleansing
  2. Equivalent to 'ethnic cleansing': The mass expulsion or killing of people belonging to one ethnic group by those of another.

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Examples

“Kaj li kolektis la parolon de supervivantoj de la etna purigado, ĝis nun strange neglektitaj de liaj kolegoj.”

And he collected the testimony of survivors of the ethnic cleansing, hitherto strangely neglected by his colleagues…

“...kaj rimarkinda estas ankaŭ la eŭfemisma priskribo de la etna purigado okazanta ĉe la limo de Sirio kontraŭ Turkio.”

...and equally noteworthy is the euphemistic description of the ethnic cleansing taking place at Syria’s border with Turkey.

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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