Diaspora

/daɪˈæs.pə.ɹə/ · noun

Meaning

(collective) The dispersion of a group in a manner comparable to that of the Jews among the Gentiles after the Babylonian captivity (6th century BCE)..

Definitions by Sense

1. (collective) The dispersion of a group in a manner comparable to that of the Jews among the Gentiles after the Babylonian captivity (6th century BCE).
2. (by extension, informal) Jews outside of the land of Israel.
3. The regions where such a dispersed group (especially the Jews) resides, taken collectively.
4. Any dispersion of an originally homogeneous entity, such as a language or culture.

Example Sentences

The African diaspora caused a melding of cultures, both African cultures and Western ones, in many places.

This scattering abrode of the Iewes, as it were an heauenly sowing, fell out after their returne from the captiuitie of Babylon. Wherevpon both Acts. 2. and also 1. Pet. 1. and 1. Iam. ver. 1. [sic] they are called Diaspora, that is, a scattering or sowing abrode.

We're going to use her to train young people in the skills of maintaining these machines, and encourage the Indian diaspora in this country to get involved in our hobby of steam railways.

Jews in the diaspora often have a different perspective on anti-Semitism than Israeli Jews.

Small wonder that there should have been in recent years fresh talk of the diaspora of English into several mutually incomprehensible languages

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• diasporas
• diasporae
• diasporai
• Diaspora

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