emigration
noun
Forms emigrations
- noun The act of emigrating; movement of a person or persons out of a country or national region, for the purpose of permanent relocation of residence.
- noun A body of emigrants; emigrants collectively. “the Irish emigration”
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Etymology
From Late Latin stem of emigratio, from e (“out”) + migrare (“to move, remove, depart”).
Webster’s 1913
- noun The act of emigrating; removal from one country or state to another, for the purpose of residence, as from Europe to America, or, in America, from the Atlantic States to the Western.
- noun A body emigrants; emigrants collectively; as, the German emigration.
Etymology [L. emigratio: cf. F. émigration.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “emigration”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details