Associations to the word «Emigration»

Wiktionary

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.
EMIGRATION, noun. A body of emigrants; emigrants collectively; as, the German emigration.

Dictionary definition

EMIGRATION, noun. Migration from a place (especially migration from your native country in order to settle in another).

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke