emigration
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See also: Emigration and émigration
English
Etymology
From Late Latin stem of emigratio, from e (“out”) + migrare (“to move, remove, depart”).
Pronunciation
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun
emigration (countable and uncountable, plural emigrations)
- 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.
- Synonym: outmigration
- Antonyms: inmigration, immigration
- Hypernym: migration
- A body of emigrants; emigrants collectively.
- the Irish emigration
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
act of emigrating
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body of emigrants; emigrants collectively
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See also
emigration on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Danish
Noun
emigration c (singular definite emigrationen, plural indefinite emigrationer)
- emigration
- Synonym: udvandring
Declension
Declension of emigration
| common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | emigration | emigrationen | emigrationer | emigrationerne |
| genitive | emigrations | emigrationens | emigrationers | emigrationernes |
Further reading
Swedish
Noun
emigration c
- emigration
- Synonym: utvandring
- Antonyms: immigration, invandring
Declension
| Declension of emigration | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | emigration | emigrationen | emigrationer | emigrationerna |
| Genitive | emigrations | emigrationens | emigrationers | emigrationernas |