Emigration — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

migration from a place (especially migration from your native country in order to settle in another)

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ˌɛmɪɡɹˈeɪʃən/

🇬🇧British English

/dɹˈʌmbəldˌɔː/

🇮🇳Indian English

/dɹˈʌmbəldˌɔː/

4 syllables Say it as /ˌɛmɪɡɹˈeɪʃən/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

expatriation out-migration

Word Forms

emigrate	verb	leave one's country of residence for a new one
expatriate	verb	move away from one's native country and adopt a new residence abroad

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Auswanderung

Migration von einem Ort (insbesondere Migration aus Ihrem Heimatland, um sich an einem anderen Ort niederzulassen)

🇫🇷French

émigration

migration depuis un lieu (en particulier migration depuis votre pays d'origine afin de s'installer dans un autre)

🇪🇸Spanish

emigración

migración desde un lugar (especialmente migración desde su país natal para establecerse en otro)

🇮🇹Italian

emigrazione

migrazione da un luogo (in particolare migrazione dal proprio paese natale per stabilirsi in un altro)

🇳🇱Dutch

emigratie

migratie vanuit een plaats (vooral migratie vanuit uw geboorteland om zich in een ander land te vestigen)

🇵🇹Portuguese

emigração

migração de um lugar (especialmente migração do seu país natal para se estabelecer em outro)

🇷🇺Russian

эмиграция

миграция с места (особенно миграция из родной страны с целью обосноваться в другой)

India

🇮🇳Hindi

प्रवासी

एक स्थान से प्रवासन (विशेषकर दूसरे स्थान पर बसने के लिए अपने मूल देश से प्रवासन)

🇧🇩Bengali

দেশত্যাগ

একটি স্থান থেকে স্থানান্তর (বিশেষ করে অন্য জায়গায় বসতি স্থাপনের জন্য আপনার স্থানীয় দেশ থেকে অভিবাসন)

🇮🇳Tamil

குடியேற்றம்

ஒரு இடத்திலிருந்து இடம்பெயர்தல் (குறிப்பாக வேறொரு இடத்தில் குடியேற உங்கள் சொந்த நாட்டிலிருந்து இடம்பெயர்தல்)

🇮🇳Telugu

వలసలు

ఒక ప్రదేశం నుండి వలసలు (ముఖ్యంగా మరొక దేశంలో స్థిరపడేందుకు మీ స్వదేశం నుండి వలస)

🇮🇳Marathi

स्थलांतर

एखाद्या ठिकाणाहून स्थलांतर (विशेषत: दुसऱ्या ठिकाणी स्थायिक होण्यासाठी आपल्या मूळ देशातून स्थलांतर)

🇮🇳Gujarati

સ્થળાંતર

સ્થળ પરથી સ્થળાંતર (ખાસ કરીને બીજામાં સ્થાયી થવા માટે તમારા મૂળ દેશમાંથી સ્થળાંતર)

🇮🇳Kannada

ವಲಸೆ

ಒಂದು ಸ್ಥಳದಿಂದ ವಲಸೆ (ವಿಶೇಷವಾಗಿ ನಿಮ್ಮ ಸ್ಥಳೀಯ ದೇಶದಿಂದ ಮತ್ತೊಂದು ಸ್ಥಳದಲ್ಲಿ ನೆಲೆಸಲು ವಲಸೆ)

🇮🇳Malayalam

കുടിയേറ്റം

ഒരു സ്ഥലത്തുനിന്നുള്ള കുടിയേറ്റം (പ്രത്യേകിച്ച് മറ്റൊരിടത്ത് സ്ഥിരതാമസമാക്കുന്നതിനായി നിങ്ങളുടെ ജന്മനാട്ടിൽ നിന്നുള്ള കുടിയേറ്റം)

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਪਰਵਾਸ

ਕਿਸੇ ਸਥਾਨ ਤੋਂ ਪਰਵਾਸ (ਖ਼ਾਸਕਰ ਕਿਸੇ ਹੋਰ ਵਿੱਚ ਵਸਣ ਲਈ ਤੁਹਾਡੇ ਜੱਦੀ ਦੇਸ਼ ਤੋਂ ਪਰਵਾਸ)

🇵🇰Urdu

ہجرت

کسی جگہ سے ہجرت (خاص طور پر آپ کے آبائی ملک سے کسی دوسرے میں آباد ہونے کے لیے ہجرت)

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

移民

从一个地方迁移（特别是从您的祖国迁移到另一个地方定居）

🇯🇵Japanese

移民

ある場所からの移住（特に、別の場所に定住するための母国からの移住）

🇰🇷Korean

이주

한 곳에서 이주(특히 다른 곳에 정착하기 위해 모국에서 이주)

🇻🇳Vietnamese

di cư

di cư từ một nơi (đặc biệt là di cư từ quê hương của bạn để định cư ở nơi khác)

🇹🇭Thai

การย้ายถิ่นฐาน

การย้ายถิ่นฐานจากที่หนึ่ง (โดยเฉพาะการย้ายถิ่นฐานจากประเทศบ้านเกิดของคุณเพื่อไปตั้งถิ่นฐานที่อื่น)

🇮🇩Indonesian

emigrasi

migrasi dari suatu tempat (terutama migrasi dari negara asal untuk menetap di negara lain)

🇵🇭Filipino

pangingibang-bansa

migration mula sa isang lugar (lalo na ang paglipat mula sa iyong sariling bansa upang manirahan sa iba)

🇲🇾Malay

penghijrahan

penghijrahan dari suatu tempat (terutamanya penghijrahan dari negara asal anda untuk menetap di tempat lain)

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

هجرة

الهجرة من مكان ما (خاصة الهجرة من بلدك الأصلي من أجل الاستقرار في مكان آخر)

🇮🇷Persian

مهاجرت

مهاجرت از یک مکان (به ویژه مهاجرت از کشور مادری خود به منظور اقامت در کشور دیگر)

🇹🇷Turkish

göç

Bir yerden göç (özellikle kendi ülkenizden başka bir yere yerleşmek için göç etmek)

🇮🇱Hebrew

הֲגִירָה

הגירה ממקום (במיוחד הגירה מארץ הולדתך כדי להתיישב במקום אחר)

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The primary meaning of 'emigration' is 'migration from a place (especially migration from your native country in order to settle in another)'.

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