brain-drain



brain-drain

n. the movement of intellectuals from one country to another where the pay and job opportunities are better. Where there is a good education system, there will always be a brain-drain.

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
GarryGER-ee, GAR-eeEnglish
Koldobika-Basque
ValdemarVAHL-de-mahr (Finnish)Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish
JennyJEN-ee (English)English, Swedish, Finnish, German, Dutch, Spanish
EbbeEB-be (Swedish), E-bə (German)Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, German (Rare)
CyrilSIR-əl (English), SEER-əl (English), TSI-ril (Czech)English, French, Czech, Slovak