emigration
nounHow many syllables in emigration?
There are 4 syllables in the word emigration.How to pronounce emigration:
Definition of emigration:
- emigration (noun):
- the departure of a large number of people
- migration from a place (especially migration from your native country in order to settle in another).
- an act or instance of emigrating departure from a place of abode, natural home, or country for life or residence elsewhere
Synonyms for emigration:
decamping
decampment
departing
departure
diaspora
embarkation
evacuation
exit
exiting
exodus
expatriation
flight
going
leave
leave-taking
migration
out-migration
parting
quitting
relocation
removal
resettlement
retirement
retreat
withdrawal
Antonyms for emigration:
arrival
arriving
defection
departure
entrance
entry
exodus
expatriation
immigration
journey
march
migration
movement
moving
relocation
remaining
resettlement
return
settlement
settling
shift
transplanting
travel
trek
voyage
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- electrify
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- ejacula
- eisenhower
- egotism
- effectiveness
- editable
- ecphonesis
- economics
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- duplicator
- draconian
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- distinctio
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- disqualify
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