See example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overseas_Chinese
China is connected by land to Europe. So… Is a Chinese National moving to France technically “overseas”? I mean technically you could tavel by land there?
🤔🤔🤔
the dictionary is a lie…
See example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overseas_Chinese
China is connected by land to Europe. So… Is a Chinese National moving to France technically “overseas”? I mean technically you could tavel by land there?
🤔🤔🤔
the dictionary is a lie…
Language is a living thing, it evolves as time progresses.
“Oversea” is currently synonymous with “abroad”. When it was first came to use, geography wasn’t as much advanced as it is today.
See https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/oversea