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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024Di•as•po•ra /daɪˈæspərə/USA pronunciation n. - Judaism[proper noun* usually: the + ~] the scattering of the Jews to countries outside of Palestine after the Babylonian captivity.
- [countable* diaspora] a scattering by a group from a country;
dispersion.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024Di•as•po•ra (dī as′pər ə),USA pronunciation n. - Judaismthe scattering of the Jews to countries outside of Palestine after the Babylonian captivity.
- Judaism(often l.c.) the body of Jews living in countries outside Palestine or modern Israel.
- Judaismsuch countries collectively:the return of the Jews from the Diaspora.
- (l.c.) any group migration or flight from a country or region;
dispersion. - (l.c.) any group that has been dispersed outside its traditional homeland.
- (l.c.) any religious group living as a minority among people of the prevailing religion.
- Greek diasporá a dispersion. See dia-, spore
- 1875–80
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Diaspora /daɪˈæspərə/ n - the dispersion of the Jews after the Babylonian and Roman conquests of Palestine
- the Jewish communities outside Israel
- (often not capital) a dispersion or spreading, as of people originally belonging to one nation or having a common culture
- Caribbean the descendants of Sub-Saharan African peoples living anywhere in the Western hemisphere
Etymology: 19th Century: from Greek: a scattering, from diaspeirein to disperse, from dia- + speirein to scatter, sow; see spore |