| Definitions | | Diaspora |
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noun
- A dispersion of a group of people from their native land, commonly used in reference to the Jews.
- The Jews that were scattered among the Gentiles after Babylonian captivity
- A dispersion of an originally homogeneous entity, such as a language or culture: "the diaspora of English into several mutually incomprehensible languages" (Randolph Quirk)
Translations: - German: Diaspora
- German, Diaspora
- Spanish: dií¡spora
Etymology: From diaspora, from diaspeirein to scatter about, disperse, from dia- about, across + speirein to scatter.
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