Former immigrants

Japanese: 旧移民 - きゅういみん
Former immigrants

…The majority of whites are descended from immigrants from northwestern Europe in the 17th to 19th centuries, and from southeastern Europe in the early 20th century. In the history of American immigration, the former are distinguished as the “old immigrants” and the latter as the “new immigrants.” The “old immigrants” were of Anglo-Saxon or similar descent, and, with the exception of Irish immigrants, were primarily Protestant. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "old immigrants" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…白人は17~19世紀に北西ヨーロッパから来た移民と,それ以後20世紀初めにかけて南東ヨーロッパから来た移民をその祖先とする者が大部分である。アメリカの移民史上,前者が〈旧移民〉,後者が〈新移民〉として区別されている。〈旧移民〉はアングロ・サクソン系かそれに近い民族であり,アイルランド移民を除けば,主としてプロテスタントであった。…

※「旧移民」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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