diaspora
English
Alternative forms
- Diaspora (in certain senses)
Etymology
From Ancient Greek διασπορά (diaspora, “dispersion”), from διασπείρω (diaspeirō, “I scatter”), from διά (dia, “across”) + σπείρω (speirō, “I sow”).
Pronunciation
Noun
diaspora (plural diasporas)
- The dispersion of the Jews among the Gentiles after the Captivity.
- Any similar dispersion.
- The African diaspora caused a melding of cultures, both African cultures and Western ones, in many places.
- A group so dispersed, especially 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 of anti-Semitism from Israeli Jews.
- 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
- 1988, Joseph Foley, New Englishes: the case of Singapore, page 1:
Derived terms
Translations
dispersion of a group of people
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Finnish
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Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: dias‧po‧ra
Noun
diaspora
Declension
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Declension of diaspora (type koira)
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Derived terms
- diasporaseurakunta