Associations to the word «Diaspora»

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.

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).