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  2. Immigrant generations - Wikipedia

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    Immigrant generations. In sociology, people who permanently resettle to a new country are considered immigrants, regardless of the legal status of their citizenship or residency. [ 1] The United States Census Bureau (USCB) uses the term " generational status " to refer to the place of birth of an individual or an individual's parents.

  3. Emigration - Wikipedia

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    Emigration. Emigration is the act of leaving a resident country or place of residence [ 1] with the intent to settle elsewhere (to permanently leave a country). [ 2] Conversely, immigration describes the movement of people into one country from another (to permanently move to a country). [ 3] A migrant emigrates from their old country, and ...

  4. Aapravasi Ghat - Wikipedia

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    The name Aapravasi Ghat, which has been in use since 1987, is a direct Hindi translation of "Immigration Depot". [6] Aapravasi is the Hindi word for "immigrant", while ghat literally means "interface"—factually reflecting the structure's position between the land and sea, and symbolically marking a transition between the old life and the new for the arriving indentured immigrants. [6]

  5. Migrant worker - Wikipedia

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    Migrant worker. A migrant worker is a person who migrates within a home country or outside it to pursue work. Migrant workers usually do not have an intention to stay permanently in the country or region in which they work. [ 1] Migrant workers who work outside their home country are also called foreign workers.

  6. List of English words of Hindi or Urdu origin - Wikipedia

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    from Hindi and Urdu: An acknowledged leader in a field, from the Mughal rulers of India like Akbar and Shah Jahan, the builder of the Taj Mahal. Maharaja. from Hindi and Sanskrit: A great king. Mantra. from Hindi and Sanskrit: a word or phrase used in meditation. Masala. from Urdu, to refer to Indian flavoured spices.

  7. Hindustani profanity - Wikipedia

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    Behenchod (बहनचोद, بہنچود; English: Sisterfucker), also pronounced as behanchod is sometimes abbreviated as BC, is a Hindustani language vulgarism. It is a form of the profanity fuck. The word is considered highly offensive, and is rarely used in literal sense of one who engages in sexual activity with another person's sister ...

  8. Economic migrant - Wikipedia

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    t. e. An economic migrant is someone who emigrates from one region to another, including crossing international borders, seeking an improved standard of living, because the conditions or job opportunities in the migrant's own region are insufficient. [ 1][ 2] The United Nations uses the term migrant worker. [ 3]

  9. Persian and Urdu - Wikipedia

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    Persian and Urdu are distinct languages. Persian is classified as an Iranian language, whereas Urdu is an Indo-Aryan language. They fall under the larger grouping of the Indo-Iranian languages, and hence share some linguistic features due to common descent . However, the majority of influence from Persian is direct, through a process often ...