"diaspora" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /daɪˈæs.pə.ɹə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /daɪˈæs.pɹə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /daɪˈæs.pɚ.ə/ [General-American], /daɪˈæs.pɹə/ [General-American], /diˈæs.pɚ.ə/ [General-American], /diˈæs.pɹə/ [General-American] Audio: En-us-diaspora.ogg Forms: diasporas [plural], diasporae [plural], diasporai [plural]
Etymology: 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”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*sper-}}, {{bor|en|grc|διασπορᾱ́|t=dispersion}} Ancient Greek διασπορᾱ́ (diasporā́, “dispersion”) Head templates: {{en-noun|s|diasporae|diasporai}} diaspora (plural diasporas or diasporae or diasporai)
  1. (historical) The dispersion of the Jews among the Gentiles after the Babylonian captivity (6th century BCE). Tags: historical Categories (topical): Human migration, Sociology Translations (dispersion of the Jews): شَتَات يَهُودِي (šatāt yahūdī) [masculine] (Arabic), גָּלוּתָא (Aramaic), diaspora [feminine] (Czech), diasporo (Esperanto), גָּלוּת (galút) [feminine] (Hebrew), diaspóra (na nGiúdach) [masculine] (Irish), diaspora [feminine] (Italian), galut (Ladino), diaspora (djudia) [feminine] (Ladino), diaspora [feminine] (Polish), גלות (goles) [feminine] (Yiddish), תּפֿוצות (tfutses) [plural] (Yiddish)
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  2. (by extension) Any similar dispersion. Tags: broadly Categories (topical): Human migration, Sociology Translations (dispersion of any group of people): diasporë (Albanian), mërgatë (Albanian), diaspora (Alemannic German), شَتَات (šatāt) (Arabic), مَهْجَر (mahjar) [masculine] (Arabic), սփյուռք (spʻyuṙkʻ) (Armenian), diaspora (Basque), дыя́спара (dyjáspara) [feminine] (Belarusian), диаспо́ра (diaspóra) [feminine] (Bulgarian), diàspora [feminine] (Catalan), 散居 (sǎnjū) (Chinese Mandarin), 流散 (liúsàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 僑民 (Chinese Mandarin), 侨民 (qiáomín) (Chinese Mandarin), 離散 (Chinese Mandarin), 离散 (lísàn) (Chinese Mandarin), diaspora [feminine] (Czech), diaspora (Danish), diaspora (Dutch), diasporo (Esperanto), diasporaa (Estonian), hajala (Estonian), diaspora (Finnish), hajaannus (Finnish), diaspora [feminine] (French), diáspora [feminine] (Galician), დიასპორა (diasṗora) (Georgian), Diaspora [feminine] (German), διασπορά (diasporá) [feminine] (Greek), פְּזוּרָה (pzurá) [feminine] (Hebrew), विकीर्णन (vikīrṇan) [masculine] (Hindi), szórvány (Hungarian), diaszpóra (Hungarian), diaspora (Indonesian), diaspora (Interlingua), diaspóra [masculine] (Irish), diaspora [feminine] (Italian), ディアスポラ (diasupora) (Japanese), 四散 (shisan) (alt: しさん) (Japanese), 離散 (risan) (alt: りさん) (Japanese), шетжұрт (şetjūrt) (Kazakh), ғұрбат (ğūrbat) (Kazakh), 디아스포라 (diaseupora) (Korean), diaspora [Latin, feminine] (Ladino), дијаспора (dijaspora) [feminine] (Macedonian), diaspora (Norwegian), diaspora [feminine] (Polish), diáspora [feminine] (Portuguese), diasporă [feminine] (Romanian), диа́спора (diáspora) [feminine] (Russian), дијаспора [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), dijaspora [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), diàspora (Sicilian), diaspóra [feminine] (Slovak), diaspora [feminine] (Slovene), diáspora [feminine] (Spanish), diaspora [common-gender] (Swedish), diaspora (Turkish), діа́спора (diáspora) [feminine] (Ukrainian), cộng đồng hải ngoại (Vietnamese), צעשפּרייטונג (tseshpreytung) [feminine] (Yiddish)
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  3. (collective) A group so dispersed, especially Jews outside of the land of Israel. Tags: collective
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  4. The regions where such a dispersed group (especially the Jews) resides, taken collectively. Categories (topical): Human migration, Sociology
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  5. Any dispersion of an originally homogeneous entity, such as a language or culture. Categories (topical): Human migration, Sociology
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Diaspora (english: in certain senses) Derived forms: Afrodiaspora, diasporal, diasporan, diasporism, diasporite

Inflected forms

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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "dispersion of any group of people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "diasporă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "diáspora",
      "sense": "dispersion of any group of people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "диа́спора"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "dispersion of any group of people",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "дијаспора"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "dispersion of any group of people",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dijaspora"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "dispersion of any group of people",
      "word": "diàspora"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "dispersion of any group of people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "diaspóra"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "dispersion of any group of people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "diaspora"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "dispersion of any group of people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "diáspora"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "dispersion of any group of people",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "diaspora"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "dispersion of any group of people",
      "word": "diaspora"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "diáspora",
      "sense": "dispersion of any group of people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "діа́спора"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "dispersion of any group of people",
      "word": "cộng đồng hải ngoại"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "tseshpreytung",
      "sense": "dispersion of any group of people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "צעשפּרייטונג"
    }
  ],
  "word": "diaspora"
}

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