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Definition: The process of leaving one's home country in order to live in another country.

Pronunciation: [em-uh-gra-shuhn] • (noun)  

Alternate Forms: emigrate, emigrated, emigrating (verb); emigrant (noun)

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Immigration 101
Online ships passenger lists, passport records, border crossing records, and more. Plus lessons and how-to articles on locating your immigrant ancestor and information and resources for U.S. and Canada naturalization and citizenship records.


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