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==Etymology==

==Etymology==

[[Latin]] emigratus, past participle of emigrare,  from e- + migrare to [[migrate]]

[[Latin]] emigratus, past participle of emigrare,  from e- + migrare to [[migrate]]

*Date: [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/18th_Century 1766]

*Date: [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/18th_Century 1766]

==Definition==

==Definition==

*to leave one's place of [[residence]] or country to live elsewhere <emigrated from Canada to the United States>

*to leave one's place of [[residence]] or country to live elsewhere <emigrated from Canada to the United States>

Emigration had a [[profound]] influence on the world in the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries, when millions of [[poor]] [[families]] left Europe for the United States, Canada, Brazil, Argentina, the rest of Latin America, Australia, and New Zealand.

Emigration had a [[profound]] influence on the world in the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries, when millions of [[poor]] [[families]] left Europe for the United States, Canada, Brazil, Argentina, the rest of Latin America, Australia, and New Zealand.

Even though definitions may be vague and vary somewhat, emigration/immigration should not be [[confused]] with the [[phenomenon]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Involuntary_migration involuntary migration], such as instances of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Population_transfer population transfer] or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnic_cleansing ethnic cleansing].

Even though definitions may be vague and vary somewhat, emigration/immigration should not be [[confused]] with the [[phenomenon]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Involuntary_migration involuntary migration], such as instances of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Population_transfer population transfer] or [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnic_cleansing ethnic cleansing].

[[Category: Geography]]

[[Category: Geography]]