Moved from one place to another, especially used for animals moving to different areas seasonally, or people moving to a new country.
From Latin 'migrare,' meaning to move or change residence. The word entered English in the 1600s. The biological sense (animals moving seasonally) developed in the 1800s as naturalists studied animal behavior patterns.
The Arctic tern migrates the longest distance of any animal—nearly 45,000 miles yearly—meaning it experiences two summers per year! Humans have been migrating for 70,000+ years, and language shows this fundamental pattern with words for migration in nearly every culture.
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