EXPATRIATION

emigration, out-migration, expatriation

(noun) migration from a place (especially migration from your native country in order to settle in another)

exile, deportation, expatriation, transportation

(noun) the act of expelling a person from their native land; “men in exile dream of hope”; “his deportation to a penal colony”; “the expatriation of wealthy farmers”; “the sentence was one of transportation for life”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

expatriation (countable and uncountable, plural expatriations)

voluntary migration from one's native land to another

forced expulsion of from one's native land to another

Source: Wiktionary


Ex*pa`tri*a"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. expatriation.]

Definition: The act of banishing, or the state of banishment; especially, the forsaking of one's own country with a renunciation of allegiance. Expatriation was a heavy ransom to pay for the rights of their minds and souls. Palfrey.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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10 April 2025

EXTINGUISHABLE

(adjective) capable of being extinguished or killed; “an extinguishable fire”; “hope too is extinguishable”


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According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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