Definitions for: Immigration


[n] migration into a place (especially migration to a country of which you are not a native in order to settle there)
[n] the body of immigrants arriving during a specified interval; "the increased immigration strengthened the colony"



Webster (1913) Definition: Im"mi*gra"tion, n. [Cf. F. immigration.]
The act of immigrating; the passing or coming into a country
for the purpose of permanent residence.

The immigrations of the Arabians into Europe. --T.
Warton.

Synonyms: in-migration

See Also: body, migration

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