Left one's home country or region to go live permanently in another country.
From Latin 'emigrare' (e- 'out' + migrare 'to move'). It entered English in the 1700s. Note: 'emigrate' means leaving, 'immigrate' means arriving.
Over 280 million people today live outside their birth country—emigration has shaped human history, spreading languages, foods, and ideas across the world in ways that created our modern global culture.
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