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Emigration

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    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. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    migration from a place (especially migration from your native country in order to settle in another) wordnet
  3. 3
    A body of emigrants; emigrants collectively. countable, uncountable

    "the Irish emigration"

Etymology

From Late Latin stem of emigratio, from e (“out”) + migrare (“to move, remove, depart”).

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