emigration
noun
an act or instance of emigrating.
emigrations
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pluralof emigration.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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John James Audubon was among the reputable witnesses of what are more properly called emigrations, not migrations.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 8, 2023
It was considered enough to express the tragedy of emigrations, of displaced people and their long march.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 15, 2013
It was 1840, three years after the first baptisms, when the emigrations began.
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2012
When deaths and emigrations were totaled and deducted, the group mysteriously gained 170,000 in population.
From Time Magazine Archive
They form the principal population of this terrestrial paradise; they are for the most part emigrations from the Sahara, several centuries ago, and speak the true Arabic language.
From An Account of Timbuctoo and Housa Territories in the Interior of Africa by James Grey Jackson
