diaspora

• Diaspora (in certain senses)

From Ancient Greek διασπορά (diasporá, “dispersion”), from διασπείρω (diaspeírō, “I scatter”), from διά (diá, “across”) + σπείρω (speírō, “I sow”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /daɪˈæspəɹə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈdaɪəˌspɒɹə/

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diaspora (plural diasporas)

1. The dispersion of the Jews among the Gentiles after the Captivity.
2. Any similar dispersion.

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

3. A group so dispersed, especially Jews outside of the land of Israel.
4. The regions where such a dispersed group (especially the Jews) resides, taken collectively.

   Jews in the diaspora often have a different perspective of anti-Semitism from Israeli Jews.

5. Any dispersion of an originally homogeneous entity, such as a language or culture.
   • 1988, Joseph Foley, New Englishes: the case of Singapore, page 1:

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

• Afrodiaspora
• diasporal
• diasporan

• Hyphenation: dias‧po‧ra

diaspora

1. diaspora

• diasporaseurakunta

• rapsodia

diaspora f (plural diasporas)

1. diaspora

• “diaspora” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• parodias

diaspora f (plural diaspore)

1. diaspora (all senses)

• Paradiso, paradiso, rapsodia