remigration

See also: Remigration

English

Etymology

From re- +‎ migration.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹiːmaɪˈɡɹeɪʃən/

Noun

remigration (countable and uncountable, plural remigrations)

1. Migration to another place, or back to the place of emigration.
   • a. 1677 (date written), Matthew Hale, The Primitive Origination of Mankind, Considered and Examined According to the Light of Nature, London: […] William Godbid, for William Shrowsbery, […], published 1677, →OCLC:

     there was a Return of the Jews under Cyrus, which continued in Partial Remigrations for some time after.

Translations

Translations

• German: Remigration (de) f, Rückwanderung f
• Swedish: återvandring (sv) c

References

• “remigration”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.