Associations to the word «Diaspora»

Wiktionary

DIASPORA, proper noun. The dispersion of the Jews from the land of Israel.
DIASPORA, proper noun. The Jews so dispersed, taken collectively.
DIASPORA, proper noun. A similar dispersion.
DIASPORA, noun. The dispersion of the Jews among the Gentiles after the Captivity.
DIASPORA, noun. Any similar dispersion.
DIASPORA, noun. A group so dispersed, especially Jews outside of the land of Israel.
DIASPORA, noun. The regions where such a dispersed group (especially the Jews) resides, taken collectively.
DIASPORA, noun. Any dispersion of an originally homogeneous entity, such as a language or culture.

Dictionary definition

DIASPORA, noun. The body of Jews (or Jewish communities) outside Palestine or modern Israel.
DIASPORA, noun. The dispersion of the Jews outside Israel; from the destruction of the temple in Jerusalem in 587-86 BC when they were exiled to Babylonia up to the present time.
DIASPORA, noun. The dispersion or spreading of something that was originally localized (as a people or language or culture).

Wise words

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