Emigration
Pronunciation : Em`i*gra"tion
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [L. emigratio: cf. F. ?migration.]
Definition : 1. The act of emigrating; removal from one country or state to another, for the purpose of residence, as from Europe to America, or, in America, from the Atlantic States to the Western.
2. A body emigrants; emigrants collectively; as, the German emigration.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913