DIASPORA Definition & Meaning

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diaspora

[ dahy-as-per-uh, dee- ]

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noun

Usually Diaspora. the scattering of the Jews to countries outside of ancient Palestine after the Babylonian captivity.
Often Diaspora.
1. the body of Jews living in countries outside Israel.
2. such countries collectively:
  Passover is celebrated for seven days in Israel, but for eight days by Jews living in the Diaspora.
Often Diaspora. any group that has been dispersed outside its traditional homeland, especially involuntarily, as Africans during the trans-Atlantic slave trade.
any group migration or flight from a country or region.
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Antonyms:
any religious group living as a minority among people of the prevailing religion.
the spread or dissemination of something originally confined to a local, homogeneous group, as a language or cultural institution:
the diaspora of English as a global language.

Diaspora

/ �岹ɪˈæ��ə��ə /

noun

1. the dispersion of the Jews after the Babylonian and Roman conquests of Palestine
2. the Jewish communities outside Israel
3. the Jews living outside Israel
4. the extent of Jewish settlement outside Israel
(in the New Testament) the body of Christians living outside Palestine
often not capital a dispersion or spreading, as of people originally belonging to one nation or having a common culture
the descendants of Sub-Saharan African peoples living anywhere in the Western hemisphere

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Other �y��vlog Forms

�徱·��·��·�� [dahy-, uh, -, spawr, -ik, ‑-, spor, -ik], adjective

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of diaspora¹

First recorded in 1690–1700; from Greek �徱��ǰ�á “scattering, dispersion”; dia-, spore

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of diaspora¹

C19: from Greek: a scattering, from diaspeirein to disperse, from dia- + speirein to scatter, sow; see spore

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Ko Naing is one of the millions of Myanmar's diaspora anxiously watching from afar as their country struggles following its biggest earthquake in a century.

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He interviewed family members and close friends of the singer, who by the age of 23, had captivated audiences across the diaspora with her vocals and captivating stage presence.

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Wealth, real or perceived, can dictate access, status and opportunity - and the presence of the diaspora can magnify the class divide.

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Second, this is a diverse diaspora with a range of political views.

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The community sees its work as representing the US commitment to Ukraine, said Scranton Mayor Paige Cognetti."We have multiple Ukrainian churches here. We have quite the diaspora of Ukrainian Americans," Cognetti said.

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