immigration Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun migration into a place (especially migration to a country of which you are not a native in order to settle there)
    in-migration.
  2. noun the body of immigrants arriving during a specified interval
    • the increased immigration strengthened the colony

WordNet

Im"mi*gra"tion noun
Etymology
Cf. F. immigration.
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913