English

Proper noun

the Diaspora

1. The dispersion of the Jews from the land of Israel.
2. The Jews so dispersed, taken collectively.
3. A similar dispersion.

Usage notes

• (similar dispersion): In this sense the term is frequently qualified, for example as “the African Diaspora”.

Translations

German

Pronunciation

Noun

Diaspora f ‎(genitive Diaspora, plural Diasporas)

1. Diaspora

English

Alternative forms

• Diaspora (in certain senses)

Noun

diaspora ‎(plural diasporas)

1. The dispersion of the Jews among the Gentiles after the Captivity.
2. Any similar dispersion.

   The African diaspora caused a melding of cultures, both African cultures and Western ones, in many places.

3. A group so dispersed, especially Jews outside of the land of Israel.
4. 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.

5. 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

Derived terms

• diasporan

Translations

Finnish

(index d)

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: dias‧po‧ra

Noun

diaspora

1. diaspora

Declension

Derived terms

• diasporaseurakunta

Anagrams

• rapsodia

French

Noun

diaspora f ‎(plural diasporas)

1. diaspora

Anagrams

• parodias

Italian

Noun

diaspora f ‎(plural diaspore)

1. diaspora (all senses)

Anagrams

• Paradiso, paradiso, rapsodia