emigration

noun

em·​i·​gra·​tion ˌe-mə-ˈgrā-shən 

plural emigrations

: an act or instance of emigrating : departure from a place of abode, natural home, or country for life or residence elsewhere

Further Chinese emigration to Taiwan was to be carefully limited.

—Jonathan D. Spence

Examples of emigration in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Because of emigration and low birth rates, Cuba now has Latin America’s oldest population, Cuban economist Pedro Monreal wrote on his X social media account recently. —Andres Oppenheimer, Miami Herald, 5 June 2025

The operation also openly encourages the voluntary emigration of Gazans from the Gaza Strip. —Assaf Orion, Foreign Affairs, 3 June 2025

Migration in Poland: a long, complicated history Poland, formerly regarded as a country of emigration has in recent years seen a significant increase in immigration. —Frey Lindsay, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025

Such trends are magnified by the distancing cultural links between America and Western Europe that existed in past decades when emigration from the latter countries to the former was more prevalent. —Alex J. Rouhandeh, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 May 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1614, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for emigration

• abdication
• aberration
• abjuration
• abnegation
• abrogation
• acceptation
• acclamation
• acclimation
• accusation
• activation
• actuation
• acylation

Medical Definition

emigration

noun

em·​i·​gra·​tion ˌem-ə-ˈgrā-shən 

: diapedesis