noun.
Removal from one country or region to another for the purpose of residence, as from Europe to America, or from one section of the United States to another.
noun.
A body of emigrants: as, the Irish emigration.
noun.
A going beyond or out of the accustomed place.
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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.
The act of emigrating; movement of a person or persons out of a country or national region, for the purpose of permanentrelocation of residence.
noun.
A body of emigrants; emigrants collectively; as, the German emigration.
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noun.
migration from a place (especially migration from your native country in order to settle in another)
Word Usage
"The provisional IPS estimate of long-term emigration from the UK in the year to June 2009 is 371,000, similar to the 363,000 in the year to June 2008."