"depopulation" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /diːˌpɒ.pjəˈleɪ.ʃən/ [UK], /diˌpɑ.pjəˈleɪ.ʃən/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Qwertygiy-depopulation.wav Forms: depopulations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: Inherited from Middle English depopulacion (also spelled depopulacyoun, depopolacion), borrowed from Latin dēpopulātiō. By surface analysis, depopulate + -ion. Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|en|enm|depopulacion|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=also spelled depopulacyoun, depopolacion|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle English depopulacion (also spelled depopulacyoun, depopolacion), {{inh+|en|enm|depopulacion|pos=also spelled depopulacyoun, depopolacion}} Inherited from Middle English depopulacion (also spelled depopulacyoun, depopolacion), {{der|en|la|dēpopulātiō}} Latin dēpopulātiō, {{surf|en|depopulate|-ion}} By surface analysis, depopulate + -ion Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} depopulation (countable and uncountable, plural depopulations)
  1. The act of depopulating or condition of being depopulated; the destruction or expulsion of inhabitants. Tags: countable, uncountable Related terms: depopulacy, depopulant, depopulate, depopulative, depopulator Translations (act or condition of depopulating): despoblament [masculine] (Catalan), despoblació [feminine] (Catalan), affolkning [common-gender] (Danish), ontvolking [feminine] (Dutch), väestökato (Finnish), dépeuplement [masculine] (French), Entvölkerung [feminine] (German), bánú [masculine] (Irish), dídhaonrú [masculine] (Irish), dêpeupliéthie [feminine] (Norman), wyludnienie [neuter] (Polish), depopulacja [feminine] (Polish), обезлю́дение (obezljúdenije) [neuter] (Russian), депопуля́ция (depopuljácija) [feminine] (Russian), fàsachadh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), avfolkning [common-gender] (Swedish), diboblogaeth [feminine] (Welsh)

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      "sense": "act or condition of depopulating",
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        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "diboblogaeth"
    }
  ],
  "word": "depopulation"
}

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