Meanings
nounemigration (countable and uncountable, plural emigrations)
plural emigrations
- countableuncountableThe 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
- countableuncountableA body of emigrants; emigrants collectively.
the Irish emigration
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe act of emigrating; movement of a person or persons out of a country or national region, for the purpose of permanent relocation of residence.
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More synonyms by meaning
nounmigration from a place (especially migration from your native country in order to settle in another)
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Origin
From Late Latin stem of emigratio, from e (“out”) + migrare (“to move, remove, depart”).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans emigrasie
- emigrasieact of emigrating
Arabic هِجْرَة, نُزُوح
- هِجْرَة (hijra)act of emigrating
- نُزُوح (nuzūḥ)act of emigrating
Basque emigrazio
- emigrazioact of emigrating
Bengali হিজরত, মুহাজিরগণ
- হিজরত (hijrot)act of emigrating
- মুহাজিরগণ (muhajirgon)body of emigrants; emigrants collectively
Bulgarian емигра́ция, изсе́лване
- емигра́ция (emigrácija)act of emigrating
- изсе́лване (izsélvane)act of emigrating
Catalan emigració
- emigracióact of emigrating
Chinese Cantonese 移民
- 移民 (ji⁴ man⁴)act of emigrating
Chinese Mandarin 移民
- 移民 (yímín)act of emigrating
Czech emigrace, vystěhovalectví
- emigraceact of emigrating
- vystěhovalectvíact of emigrating
Danish udvandring, emigration
- udvandringact of emigrating
- emigrationact of emigrating
Dutch uitwijking, emigratie
- uitwijkingact of emigrating
- emigratieact of emigrating
- uitwijkingbody of emigrants; emigrants collectively
- emigratiebody of emigrants; emigrants collectively
Esperanto elmigrado
- elmigradoact of emigrating
Estonian emigratsioon
- emigratsioonact of emigrating
Finnish maastamuutto, maastamuuttajat
- maastamuuttoact of emigrating
- maastamuuttajatbody of emigrants; emigrants collectively
French émigration
- émigrationact of emigrating
German Auswanderung, Emigration
- Auswanderungact of emigrating
- Emigrationact of emigrating
- Auswanderungbody of emigrants; emigrants collectively
Greek αποδημία, αποδήμηση
- αποδημία (apodimía)act of emigrating
- αποδήμηση (apodímisi)act of emigrating
Hebrew הֲגִירָה
- הֲגִירָה (hagirá)act of emigrating
Hindi उत्प्रवास, उत्प्रवासी
- उत्प्रवास (utpravās)act of emigrating
- उत्प्रवासी (utpravāsī)body of emigrants; emigrants collectively
Hungarian kivándorlás, emigráció
- kivándorlásact of emigrating
- emigrációact of emigrating
Icelandic brottflutningur
- brottflutninguract of emigrating
Indonesian emigrasi, perantauan
- emigrasiact of emigrating
- perantauanact of emigrating
Irish imirce, imirce
- imirceact of emigrating
- imircebody of emigrants; emigrants collectively
Italian emigrazione, emigrazione
- emigrazioneact of emigrating
- emigrazionebody of emigrants; emigrants collectively
Japanese 移民, エミグレーション
- 移民 (imin)act of emigrating
- エミグレーション (emigurēshon)act of emigrating
- 移住 (ijū)act of emigrating
Korean 이민, 이주
- 이민 (imin)act of emigrating
- 이주 (iju)act of emigrating
Latin trānsmigrātiō
- trānsmigrātiōact of emigrating
Latvian emigrācija, emigrācija
- emigrācijaact of emigrating
- emigrācijabody of emigrants; emigrants collectively
Lithuanian emigracija
- emigracijaact of emigrating
Malay emigrasi, penghijrahan
- emigrasiact of emigrating
- penghijrahanact of emigrating
Norwegian Bokmål utvandring
- utvandringact of emigrating
Polish emigracja, emigracja
- emigracjaact of emigrating
- emigracjabody of emigrants; emigrants collectively
Portuguese emigração
- emigraçãoact of emigrating
Romanian emigrare, emigrație
- emigrareact of emigrating
- emigrațiebody of emigrants; emigrants collectively
- emigrarebody of emigrants; emigrants collectively
Russian эмигра́ция
- эмигра́ция (emigrácija)act of emigrating
Scottish Gaelic às-imrich, eilthireachd
- às-imrichact of emigrating
- eilthireachdact of emigrating
Slovak emigrácia, vysťahovalectvo
- emigráciaact of emigrating
- vysťahovalectvoact of emigrating
Spanish emigración
- emigraciónact of emigrating
Swedish emigration, utvandring
- emigrationact of emigrating
- utvandringact of emigrating
- emigranterbody of emigrants; emigrants collectively
- utvandrarebody of emigrants; emigrants collectively
Tagalog luwasbayan
- luwasbayanact of emigrating
Thai การอพยพ
- การอพยพ (gaan-òp-pá-yóp)act of emigrating
Turkish göçme
- göçmeact of emigrating
Ukrainian емігра́ція, емігра́ція
- емігра́ція (emihrácija)act of emigrating
- емігра́ція (emihrácija)body of emigrants; emigrants collectively
Urdu ہِجْرَت
- ہِجْرَت (hijrat)act of emigrating
Vietnamese di dân
- di dânact of emigrating
Welsh ymfudiad
- ymfudiadact of emigrating
Yiddish עמיגראַציע
- עמיגראַציע (emigratsye)act of emigrating
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with emigration
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All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
emigration. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/emigration
MLA
“emigration.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/emigration. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “emigration,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/emigration.
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