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Diaspora¹
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See diaspora.
proper noun the Diaspora
- The dispersion of the Jews from the land of Israel. According to the still common Israeli definition of a Zionist as one who views the Diaspora negatively and considers the settlement of Jews in Israel as essential, the vast majority of American Jews would not be considered Zionists.
- The Jews so dispersed.
- A similar dispersion.
diaspora²
- /daɪˈæs.pə.ɹə/ UK
- /daɪˈæs.pɹə/ UK
- /daɪˈæs.pɚ.ə/ US
- /daɪˈæs.pɹə/ US
- /diˈæs.pɚ.ə/ US
- /diˈæs.pɹə/ US
Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek διασπορᾱ́ (diasporā́, “dispersion”), from διασπείρω (diaspeírō, “to scatter”), from δια- (dia-, prefix indicating motion across or in all directions) + σπείρω (speírō, “to sow”).
noun diasporas · diasporae · diasporai · Diaspora
- The dispersion of a group in a manner comparable to that of the Jews among the Gentiles after the Babylonian captivity (6th century BCE). The African diaspora caused a melding of cultures, both African cultures and Western ones, in many places.
- Jews outside of the land of Israel.
- The regions where such a dispersed group (especially the Jews) resides, taken collectively. Jews in the diaspora often have a different perspective on anti-Semitism than Israeli Jews.
- Any dispersion of an originally homogeneous entity, such as a language or culture. 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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Closest in meaning: abroad, émigré, emigrant, foreigner, expatriate, dispersion, scattering, alien, exile, sowing, dispersed, exiled, migration, exodus, dispersal, dislocation
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name dispersion of the Jews from the land of Israel
| Deutsch | Golus |
|---|
noun dispersion of the Jews
| Português | diáspora |
|---|---|
| Français | diaspora |
| Italiano | diaspora |
| العربية | شَتَات يَهُودِي šatāt yahūdī |
| עברית | גָּלוּת galút |
noun dispersion of any group of people
| Español | diáspora |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 디아스포라 diaseupora |
| 日本語 | ディアスポラ diasupora, 四散 shisan, 離散 risan |
| 中文 | 散居 sǎnjū, 流散 liúsàn, 僑民 /侨民 qiáomín, 離散 /离散 lísàn |
| हिन्दी | विकीर्णन vikīrṇan |
| Português | diáspora |
| Français | diaspora |
| Deutsch | Diaspora |
| Italiano | diaspora |
| Ελληνικά | διασπορά diasporá |
| Română | diasporă |
| Русский | диа́спора diáspora |
| Tiếng Việt | cộng đồng hải ngoại |
| العربية | شَتَات šatāt, جالِية jāliya, مَهْجَر mahjar |
| עברית | פְּזוּרָה pzurá |
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title = {diaspora},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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