Definitions for diasporadaɪˈæs pər ə
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
Di•as•po•radaɪˈæs pər ə(n.)
the scattering of the Jews to countries outside of Palestine after the Babylonian captivity.
Category: Judaism
(often l.c.) the body of Jews living in countries outside Palestine or modern Israel.
Category: Judaism
such countries collectively.
Category: Judaism
(l.c.) any group migration or flight from a country or region; dispersion.
Category: Common Vocabulary
(l.c.) any group that has been dispersed outside its traditional homeland.
Category: Common Vocabulary
Origin of Diaspora:
1875–80; < Gk diasporá a dispersion, n. der. of diaspeîrein to scatter. See dia -, spore
Princeton's WordNet
diaspora(noun)
the body of Jews (or Jewish communities) outside Palestine or modern Israel
Diaspora(noun)
the dispersion of the Jews outside Israel; from the destruction of the temple in Jerusalem in 587-86 BC when they were exiled to Babylonia up to the present time
diaspora(noun)
the dispersion or spreading of something that was originally localized (as a people or language or culture)
Wiktionary
Diaspora(ProperNoun)
The dispersion of the Jews from the land of Israel.
Diaspora(ProperNoun)
The Jews so dispersed, taken collectively.
Diaspora(ProperNoun)
A similar dispersion.
diaspora(Noun)
The dispersion of the Jews among the Gentiles after the Captivity.
diaspora(Noun)
Any similar dispersion.
The African diaspora caused a melding of cultures, both African cultures and Western ones, in many places.
diaspora(Noun)
A group so dispersed, especially Jews outside of the land of Israel.
diaspora(Noun)
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.
diaspora(Noun)
Any dispersion of an originally homogeneous entity, such as a language or culture.
Origin: See diaspora.
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