remigration

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See also: Remigration

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Etymology[edit]

re- +‎ migration

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  • IPA(key): /ɹiːmaɪˈɡɹeɪʃən/

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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.

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