emigration
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.
Other meanings
A body of emigrants; emigrants collectively.
“the Irish emigration”
Related words
- antiemigration
- emigrationist
- nonemigration
- postemigration
- semigration
- emigrational
- inner emigration
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “emigration” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.