emigration
emigration 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
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.
- Synonyms:
- outmigration
- Antonyms:
- inmigration, immigration
- A body of emigrants; emigrants collectively.
- the Irish emigration
emigration meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
emigration in Hindi
- act of emigrating
- उत्प्रवास utpravās
- body of emigrants; emigrants collectively
- उत्प्रवासी utpravāsī
emigration in Tamil
- குடியகல்வு, குடி பெயர்ச்சி, குடி பெயர்வு, குடியகற்சி குடிப்பெயர்ச்சி, குடியேற்றம்
emigration in Urdu
- act of emigrating
- ہِجْرَت hijrat
emigration in Bengali
- act of emigrating
- হিজরত hijrot
- body of emigrants; emigrants collectively
- মুহাজিরগণ muhajirgon
More languagesFewer languages
- emigration in Malayalam
- പരദേശക്കുടിയേറ്റം, വിദേശഗമനം
- emigration in Kannada
- ವಲಸೆ ಹೋಗುವಿಕೆ, ಬೇರೆಡೆ ಹೋಗಿ ನೆಲಸುವುದು
- emigration in Pashto
- کډوالي kaḍwālí, مهاجرت mohājerát
- emigration in Tagalog
- luwasbayan
- emigration in Arabic
- هِجْرَة hijra, نُزُوح nuzūḥ
- emigration in Malay
- emigrasi, penghijrahan
- emigration in Indonesian
- emigrasi, perantauan
- emigration in Thai
- การอพยพ gaan-òp-pá-yóp
- emigration in Vietnamese
- di dân
Examples of emigration in a sentence
- Many Easterners went into so-called “inner emigration”, withdrawing from a system whose ideological impulse had long faded.
- Rogaliki, or rugelach, spread worldwide with the emigration and refugee waves of Jewish bakers from Poland in the last century.
- The population of each coterie constantly changes over a period of a few months or years, by death, birth, and emigration.
Synonyms of emigration
Antonyms
Forms of emigration
| plural | emigrations |
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Origin of emigration
From Late Latin stem of emigratio, from e (“out”) + migrare (“to move, remove, depart”).
Words formed from emigration
Words that rhyme with emigration
- station
- collation
- accommodation
- presentation
- derivation
- information
- modulation
- translation
- application
- fixation
- generation
- orientation
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- citation
- combination
- communication
- conjugation
- constellation
- determination
- elevation
- operation
- relation
- reservation
- alternation
- condensation
- conversation
- deviation
- excavation
- foliation
- formation
- foundation
- incarnation
- interpretation
- representation
- retardation
- speculation
- termination
- abbreviation
- adaptation
- articulation
- bifurcation
- concentration
- congregation
- declination
- degradation
- expectation
- extenuation
- gradation
- observation
- population
- preparation
- reconciliation
- rotation
- separation
- situation
- vexation
- vindication
- accumulation
- administration
- aggregation
- appropriation
Questions about emigration
- What does emigration mean?
- Emigration means 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.
- What is emigration in Hindi?
- Emigration in Hindi is उत्प्रवास (utpravās), उत्प्रवासी (utpravāsī). See Emigration meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is emigration?
- Emigration is a noun.
- What is the plural of emigration?
- The plural of emigration is emigrations.
Words near emigration in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: emigration (page history and authors); emigration (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); emigration (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); emigration (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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