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Definition: Emigration |
EmigrationNoun1. Migration into a place. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "emigration" was first used: 1650. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Statistics | The process of leaving one country to take up residence in another. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: EmigrationSynonym: out-migration (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Egress | Export, expatriation; emigration, remigration; debouch, debouche; emunctory; exodus; (departure); emigrant. |
Journey | Roving, vagrancy, pererration; marching and countermarching; nomadism; vagabondism, vagabondage; hoboism; gadding; flit, flitting, migration; emigration, immigration, demigration, intermigration; wanderlust. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Emigration |
| English words defined with "emigration": Demigration ♦ Emigrational, Emigrationist ♦ Great Trek. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "emigration": balance of migration ♦ declining area, declining region ♦ Emigration and Immigration, emigration of qualified persons ♦ lagging region, Leukocyte-Adhesion Deficiency Syndrome ♦ migration balance, migratory balance ♦ net migration, net migration change. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Emigration" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. German (emigrant community, emigration), Swedish (emigration). |
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Movie/TV Titles | Emigration (1968) | |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
US Declaration of Independence | 1776 | We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here. (reference) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | No impediment shall be placed on the movement of persons or vessels other than those arising out of police, customs, sanitary, emigration or immigration regulations and those relating to the import or export of prohibited goods. (reference) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | One would have called him an old preceptor of a good family, returned from the emigration. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | Unrestricted foreign travel and emigration are permitted to male citizens except those involved in financial disputes under adjudication. (references) | |
Children | Cape Verde | Child abuse and mistreatment, sexual violence against children, and juvenile prostitution are problems, exacerbated by chronic poverty, large unplanned families, and traditionally high levels of emigration of adult men. (references) |
Civil Liberties | Korea | It does not allow emigration. (references) |
Tajikistan | There is no law on emigration. (references) | |
Economic History | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | St. Vincent has a high rate of emigration. (references) |
Samoa | Growth rate: -0.2% (mainly due to emigration). (references) | |
Jamaica | Historically, Jamaican emigration has been heavy. (references) | |
Minorities | Yemen | Their numbers have diminished significantly--from several tens of thousands to a few hundred--due to voluntary emigration over the past 50 years. (references) |
Armenia | The Yezidis, whose number was estimated at 20,000 by Yezidi leaders decreased from 60,000 Yezidis (registered in the 1988 population census, due to emigration) speak a Kurdish dialect and practice a traditional, non-Christian, non-Muslim religion with elements derived from Zoroastrianism, Islam, and animism. (references) | |
Political Economy | Ireland | The country can now afford to address the issues of social exclusion that had, historically, been given less priority in the face of a need to create employment opportunities in order to stem the tide of emigration. (references) |
Trade | Vietnam | The U.S. Presidential waiver of the Jackson-Vanik Amendment, which pertains to emigration rights, first occurred in March 1998 and was subsequently passed again annually in June. (references) |
Travel | Philippines | Holders of SIRV's must secure an ACR (Alien Certificate of Registration), CRTV (Certificate of Residence/Temporary Visitor), Emigration Clearance Certificate (ECC) and Special Return Certificate (SRC) and pay all required alien and immigration fees. (references) |
Worker Rights | Romania | However, trafficking victims who cooperated with authorities nonetheless were sentenced for crimes such as illegal emigration. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
James Madison | 1809-1817 | To superadd a fresh motive to emigration by revoking the liberty which they now enjoy, would be the same species of folly which has dishonored and depopulated flourishing kingdoms. |
James Monroe | 1817-1825 | Our expansion over the vast territory within our limits has been great, without indicating any decline in those sections from which the emigration has been most conspicuous. |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | The experience of every year adds to the conviction that emigration, and that alone, can preserve from destruction the remnant of the tribes yet living amongst us. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Emigration" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.70% of the time. "Emigration" is used about 332 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.7% | 331 | 15,783 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.3% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 332 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "emigration": Emigration and Immigration ♦ emigration of qualified persons. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "emigration": re-emigration. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "emigration"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | emigrim (transmigration), mërgim (exile). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | هجرة (immigration, migration, peregrination, transmigration), نزوح (decampment, migration). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | емиграция, емигриране, изселване (deportation, dispossession). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 移出. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | emigrace (defection). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | emigration (external migration), udvandring (external migration, out-migration, outward migration), udenlanske vandringer (external migration). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | emigratie (external migration, migration, out-migration, outward migration), buitenlandse migratie (external migration). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | siirtolaisuus (immigration), maastamuutto. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | émigration. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | auswanderung (external migration, migration, transmigration), emigration (emigrant community). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | μετανάστευση (immigration, migration, transmigration). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | יציא" "מו ית (exodus), "'יר" (immigration, migration). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | emigráció, kivándorlás (expatriation, migration, transmigration). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | emigrasi, pemboyongan (removal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | emigrazione (external migration, out-migration, outward migration). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 移民 (emigrant, immigrant, immigration), 亡命 (defection, exile, flight from one's country), エマルジョン塗料 (ejaculation, emerald, emerald green, emery board, EMIfilter, emigrant, eminent, emollient, emotion, emotionalism, emulate, emulation, emulator, emulsion, emulsion paint, error, error message, error-signal, M size, medium size). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ぼうめい (defection, exile, flight from one's country), いみ" (emigrant, immigrant, immigration), エミグレーション . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 해외이주. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | arraghey magh (emigrate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian | utvandring. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | emigrationay emigrar (flit, migrate). (various references) exod (exodus), emigrare (expatriation), emigraţie (emigrants). (various references) эмиграция (expatriation), переселение (migration, resettlement, transmigration, trek). (various references) emigracija. (various references) emigración (migration). (various references) utvandring (exodus, trek). (various references) hicret (hegira, hejira, migration, transmigration), göçme (landslide, landslip, migration), göç (drift, exodus, expatriation, immigration, migration, migratory, transmigration, trek). (various references) еміграція (expatriation), переїзд (flit, movement, removal), переселення (migration, transmigration, transplantation, trek). (various references) sự di cư (transmigration). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | emigrare. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "emigration": emigrations. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "emigration": premigration, remigration. (additional references) | |
Words containing "emigration": remigrations. (additional references) | |
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"Emigration" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: emigratio, emigrqation, emirgration, emmigration, imigration. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "emigration" (pronounced e'mugrā"shun) |
| 8 | -m u g r ā" sh u n | immigration. |
| 7 | -u g r ā" sh u n | conflagration, disintegration, integration. |
| 6 | -g r ā" sh u n | migration. |
| 5 | -r ā" sh u n | administration, arbitration, calibration, castration, celebration, concentration, consecration, dehydration, demonstration, desecration, duration, filtration, frustration, gyration, hydration, illustration, infiltration, libration, ministration, narration, nitration, oration, orchestration, penetration, proration, prostration, registration, rehydration, sequestration, vibration. |
| 4 | -ā" sh u n | abbreviation, abdication, aberration, abomination, abrogation, acceleration, acclimation, accommodation, accreditation, accumulation, accusation, acidification, activation, adaptation, adjudication, admiration, adoration, adulation, advocation, affectation, affiliation, affirmation, agglomeration, aggravation, agitation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, allocation, alphabetization, alteration, altercation, amalgamation, amelioration, amortization, amplification, amputation, animation, annexation, annihilation, annotation, anticipation, antidiscrimination, appellation, application, appreciation, approbation, appropriation, approximation, argumentation, articulation, aspiration, assassination, assimilation, association, augmentation, authentication, authorization, automation, aviation, avocation, balkanization, bifurcation, calculation, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, carnation, categorization, causation, centralization, certification, cessation, cetacean, characterization, citation, civilization, clarification, classification, coagulation, codification, cogeneration, cogitation, cohabitation, collaboration, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, combination, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, communication, communization, compensation, compilation, complication, computation, computerization, concatenation, conciliation, condemnation, condensation, confabulation, confederation, configuration, confirmation, confiscation, confrontation, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, connotation, conservation, consideration, consolation, consolidation, constellation, consternation, constipation, consultation, consummation, contamination, contemplation, continuation, conversation, convocation, cooperation, coordination, coronation, corporation, correlation, corroboration, creation, cremation, criminalization, crustacean, culmination, cultivation, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, decapitation, deceleration, decentralization, decertification, declaration, decontamination, decoration, decriminalization, dedication, defamation, deflation, deforestation, deformation, degeneration, degradation, dehumanization, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deliberation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demonization, demoralization, denationalization, denomination, denuclearization, denunciation, depopulation, deportation, depravation, depreciation, depredation, deprivation, deregulation, derivation, desalination, desalinization, desegregation, desiccation, designation, desolation, desperation, destabilization, destination, determination, detonation, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, devastation, deviation, dictation, differentiation, dilatation, dilation, discoloration, discontinuation, discrimination, disembarkation, disinclination, disinflation, disinformation, dislocation, disorganization, disorientation, dispensation, disputation, disqualification, dissemination, dissertation, dissipation, dissociation, distillation, diversification, divination, documentation, domestication, domination, donation, dramatization, duplication, echolocation, edification, education, ejaculation, elaboration, elation, electrification, elevation, elimination, elongation, emanation, emancipation, embarkation, emulation, enumeration, equalization, equitation, equivocation, eradication, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, evocation, exacerbation, exaggeration, examination, exasperation, excavation, excitation, exclamation, excommunication, exfoliation, exhalation, exhilaration, exhortation, exhumation, exoneration, expatriation, expectation, experimentation, expiration, explanation, explication, exploitation, exploration, expropriation, extermination, extrapolation, fabrication, facilitation, falsification, fascination, federation, fermentation, fertilization, fibrillation, figuration, fixation, flirtation, flotation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formation, formulation, fortification, foundation, fragmentation, fumigation, gasification, gastrulation, generalization, generation, gentrification, germination, gestation, glaciation, globalization, glorification, gradation, graduation, granulation, gratification, gravitation, habitation, hallucination, harmonization, hesitation, hibernation, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydrogenation, hyperinflation, identification, illumination, imagination, imitation, immunization, impersonation, implantation, implementation, implication, importation, impregnation, improvisation, imputation, inactivation, inauguration, incantation, incapacitation, incarceration, incarnation, inclination, incoordination, incorporation, incrimination, incrustation, incubation, indemnification, indentation, indexation, indication, indignation, indoctrination, industrialization, infatuation, infestation, inflammation, inflation, information, inhabitation, inhalation, initiation, innovation, inoculation, insemination, insinuation, inspiration, installation, instigation, institutionalization, instrumentation, insubordination, insulation, intensification, internationalization, interpretation, interrogation, intimation, intimidation, intonation, intoxication, inundation, invalidation, investigation, invitation, invocation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, irritation, isolation, jubilation, justification, laceration, lactation, legalization, legislation, levitation, liberalization, liberation, ligation, limitation, liquidation, litigation, localization, location, lubrication, machination, magnetization, magnification, malformation, manifestation, manipulation, marginalization, masturbation, maturation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, medication, meditation, menstruation, mineralization, miniaturization, misallocation, misapplication, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscommunication, miscreation, misidentification, misinformation, misinterpretation, misrepresentation, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modification, modulation, molestation, monopolization, motivation, multiplication, mummification, mutation, mutilation, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nomination, nondiscrimination, nonproliferation, normalization, notation, notification, nucleation, nullification, obfuscation, obligation, observation, occupation, operation, optimization, ordination, organisation, organization, orientation, origination, ornamentation, oscillation, ossification, ostentation, ovation, overpopulation, overregulation, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pacification, pagination, palpitation, participation, pasteurization, perforation, permutation, perpetuation, personalization, personification, perspiration, perturbation, pigmentation, plantation, polarization, politicization, pollination, pontification, popularization, population, precipitation, predestination, prefabrication, premeditation, preoccupation, preparation, presentation, preservation, pressurization, privation, privatization, probation, proclamation, procrastination, procreation, profanation, prognostication, proliferation, pronunciation, propagation, protestation, provocation, publication, punctuation, purification, qualification, quantification, quotation, radiation, radicalization, ramification, ratification, rationalization, reaffirmation, realization, reallocation, reauthorization, recalculation, recantation, recapitalization, recertification, recitation, reclamation, reclassification, recommendation, reconciliation, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, recreation, recrimination, rectification, recuperation, redecoration, rededication, reevaluation, reexamination, reflation, reforestation, reformation, refrigeration, refutation, regeneration, regimentation, regulation, rehabilitation, reincarnation, reincorporation, reinterpretation, reinvigoration, reiteration, rejuvenation, relation, relaxation, relocation, remediation, remuneration, renationalization, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, replication, representation, repudiation, reputation, reregulation, reservation, resignation, respiration, restoration, resuscitation, retaliation, retardation, reunification, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revitalization, revocation, rotation, rumination, salvation, sanctification, sanitation, saponification, saturation, securitization, sedation, sedimentation, segmentation, segregation, sensation, separation, simplification, simulation, situation, socialization, solicitation, sophistication, specialization, specification, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, stagnation, standardization, starvation, station, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, subordination, subsidization, substantiation, suburbanization, suffocation, summation, superstation, syndication, tabulation, taxation, telecommunication, temptation, termination, titillation, toleration, transformation, transillumination, translation, transplantation, transportation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vaccination, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, vegetation, ventilation, verification, victimization, vilification, vindication, violation, visitation, visualization, vocation, vulgarization, westernization. |
| 3 | -sh u n | abduction, abolition, abortion, absolution, absorption, abstraction, academician, accession, accretion, acquisition, action, addiction, addition, admission, admonition, adoption, advection, affection, affliction, aggression, alliteration, alternation, ambition, ammunition, antiabortion, anticorruption, apparition, apportion, apprehension, ascension, ashen, assertion, assumption, attention, attraction, attribution, attrition, auction, audition, beautician, benediction, brutalization, caption, carburetion, caution, circulation, circumspection, clinician, coalition, coercion, cognition, collection, commission, commotion, compassion, competition, completion, complexion, composition, comprehension, compression, compulsion, compunction, conception, conceptualization, concession, concoction, concussion, condescension, condition, conduction, confection, confession, conjunction, connection, conniption, conscription, constitution, constriction, construction, consumption, contention, contortion, contraception, contraction, contradiction, contraption, contribution, contrition, convection, convention, conviction, convolution, convulsion, correction, corruption, counterrevolution, crucifixion, cushion, deception, decimation, decommission, decomposition, decompression, deconstruction, deduction, defection, definition, deletion, demolition, demotion, dentition, depiction, depletion, deposition, depression, dereliction, description, desertion, destitution, destruction, detection, detention, deterioration, devolution, devotion, diction, dietitian, diffraction, digression, dilution, dimension, diminution, direction, disaffection, disconnection, discretion, discussion, disinfection, disposition, disruption, dissatisfaction, dissection, dissension, dissolution, distinction, distortion, distraction, distribution, dysfunction, edition, egyptian, ejection, election, electrician, electrocution, elocution, emission, emotion, emulsion, encryption, erection, erudition, eruption, eviction, evolution, exaction, exception, excoriation, excretion, execution, exemption, exertion, exhibition, expansion, expedition, exposition, expression, expulsion, extension, extinction, extortion, extraction, extradition, faction, fashion, fiction, fission, flexion, formalization, fraction, freshen, friction, fruition, function, gentian, geriatrician, gumption, hessian, homogenization, hypertension, hypotension, ignition, impassion, imperfection, imposition, impression, inaction, inception, incineration, indiscretion, induction, infarction, infection, inflection, infliction, infraction, inhibition, injection, injunction, inquisition, inscription, insertion, inspection, institution, instruction, insurrection, interaction, interception, intercession, interconnection, interdiction, interjection, intermission, interruption, intersection, introduction, introspection, intuition, invention, junction, jurisdiction, juxtaposition, lilliputian, liposuction, liquefaction, locomotion, logician, lotion, magician, malfunction, malnutrition, mansion, martian, mathematician, mention, midsection, misapprehension, misconception, misimpression, misperception, mission, mortician, motion, munition, musician, nonaggression, nonfiction, nonprescription, notion, nutrition, objection, obsession, obstetrician, obstruction, ocean, omission, opposition, oppression, optician, option, overconsumption, overexpansion, overproduction, overprotection, overreaction, oversimplification, partition, passion, patrician, pediatrician, pension, perception, percussion, perfection, permission, persecution, petition, physician, politician, pollution, portion, position, possession, potion, precaution, precession, preconception, precondition, prediction, predilection, predisposition, preelection, preemption, preignition, premonition, prescription, presumption, presupposition, pretension, prevention, procession, production, profession, progression, prohibition, projection, promotion, proportion, proposition, propulsion, proscription, prosecution, prostitution, protection, ration, reaction, reassertion, reception, recession, recognition, recollection, recondition, reconstruction, redefinition, redemption, redirection, redistribution, reduction, reeducation, reelection, reflection, regression, reimposition, reinspection, reintegration, reintroduction, reinvention, rejection, remission, rendition, repercussion, repetition, reposition, repossession, repression, reproduction, requisition, resolution, restitution, restriction, resumption, resurrection, retention, retraction, retransmission, retribution, revolution, revulsion, rhetorician, sanction, satisfaction, secession, secretion, section, sedition, seduction, selection, session, solution, statistician, submission, subscription, subsection, substation, substitution, subtraction, succession, suction, superstition, supposition, suppression, suspension, suspicion, syncopation, tactician, technician, tension, theoretician, titian, traction, tradition, transaction, transcription, transection, transgression, transition, transmission, tuition, venetian, volition, workstation. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-g-i-i-m-n-o-r-t" | |
-1 letter: migration, morganite, originate. | |
-2 letters: emigrant, ignorami, imaginer, meriting, migraine, mitering, remating, retiming, rigatoni. | |
-3 letters: airtime, airting, amniote, amorini, emoting, garment, genitor, germina, granite, gratine, igniter, ignitor, imagine, inertia, ingrate, interim, intimae, iteming, magneto, mangier, marengo, margent, marting, martini, megaton, metring, migrant, migrate, minaret, mingier, mintage, mintier, mitogen, mitring, moating, montage, moraine, negator, orating, origami, ragtime, raiment, reaming, rioting, roaming, romaine, tangier, teaming, tearing, tegmina, terming, termini, tiering, tonearm. | |
-4 letters: aigret, aiming, airing, airmen, anomie, argent, arming, aroint, atoner, earing, eating, enamor, engirt, engram, enigma, eringo, etamin, gainer, gaiter, gamier, gamine, garnet, garote, german, gitano, goiter, goitre, gratin, ignite, ignore, imager, imaret, ingate, inmate, intima, intime, magnet, maigre, manger, manito, margin, marine, marten, martin, mating, matron, mentor, merino, meting, minter, mirage, miring, mitier, moaner, moirai, monger, morgan, morgen, norite, oaring, omenta, onager, onagri, orange, orgeat, orient, origan, origin, ornate, ragmen, ratine, rating, ration, reagin, regain, regina, region, remain, remint, retain, retina, riming, tamein, taming, taring, tieing, timing, tinier, tiring, toeing, tonger, tonier, triage, trigon. | |
-5 letters: agent, agone, aimer, ament, amigo, amine, amino, amnio, among, amort, anger, anime, animi, antre, argon, argot, armet, atone, enorm, entia, ergot, gamer, gamin, garni, gator, gemot, genii, genoa, genom, genro, giant, giron, gnome, goner, gonia, grain, grant, grate, great, grime, griot, groan, groat, groin, image, imago, imine, imino, inarm, inert, ingot, inter, intro, irate, iring, irone, magot, mange, mango, manor, marge, mater, matin, meant, menta, merit, metro, minae, miner, minor, miter, mitre, moira, moire, monie, monte, morae, namer, niter, nitre, nitro, noria, noter, oaten, oater, omega, orang, orate, organ, ramen, ramet, ramie, range, ratio, regma, regna, reign, reman, remit, renig, retag, retia, riant, roman, tamer, tango, targe, tenia, tenor, terai, terga, tiger, tigon, timer, tinea, tinge, togae, toman, toner, tonga, torii, tragi, train, trigo, trine, trona, trone. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-g-i-i-m-n-o-r-t" | |
+1 letter: emigrations, germination, meliorating, remigration. | |
+2 letters: ameliorating, emargination, gastrocnemii, geometrician, germinations, impregnation, mineralogist, premigration, remigrations, remotivating, renominating. | |
+3 letters: commiserating, democratizing, emarginations, geometricians, germanization, impersonating, impregnations, mineralogists, multiregional, predominating, prenominating, regimentation, temporalizing. | |
+4 letters: geometrization, germanizations, intercomparing, lognormalities, mongrelization, mountaineering, nonterminating, overestimating, overmedicating, regimentations, terminological, transmogrified, transmogrifies. | |
+5 letters: cinematographic, commiseratingly, counterclaiming, deglamorization, geometrizations, melodramatising, melodramatizing, misregistration, mongrelizations, mountaineerings, oligomerization, overdramatizing, overimaginative, overstimulating, recontaminating, trigonometrical. | |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references). -- .. --. .-. .- - .. --- -. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01101101 01101001 01100111 01110010 01100001 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E m i g r a t i o n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 006D 0069 0067 0072 0061 0074 0069 006F 006E |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)39797573846786758180 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Quotations: Historic 8. Quotations: Fiction | 9. Quotations: Non-fiction 10. Quotations: Speeches 11. Usage Frequency 12. Expressions | 13. Expressions: Internet 14. Translations: Modern 15. Translations: Ancient 16. Derivations | 17. Rhymes 18. Anagrams 19. Orthography 20. Bibliography |
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