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?

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the dictionary is a lie...

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[–] 9 points 1 year ago

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

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