diaspora

See also Diaspora

English

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Alternative forms

• Diaspora (in certain senses)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek διασπορά (diaspora, “dispersion”) from διασπείρω (diaspeirō, “I scatter”) from διά (dia, “across”) + σπείρω (“I sow”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /daɪˈæspəɹə/

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

dispersion of a group of people

Armenian: սփյուռք (hy) (sp'yuṙk') Bulgarian: диаспора (bg) (diasporá) Chinese: Mandarin: 散居 (zh) (sǎnjū), 僑民 (zh), 侨民 (zh) (qiáomín), 離散 (zh), 离散 (zh) (lísàn) Finnish: diaspora (fi), hajaannus (fi) French: diaspora (fr) f. German: Diaspora (de) f.

Greek: διασπορά (el) (diasporá) f. Hebrew: גלות (he) (galut) f. Japanese: ディアスポラ (ja) (diasupora), 四散 (ja) (しさん, shisan), 離散 (ja) (りさん, risan) Portuguese: diáspora (pt) f. Russian: диаспора (ru) (diáspora) f. Spanish: diáspora (es) f. Vietnamese: cộng đồng (vi)

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Mandarin: 猶太人散居地, 犹太人散居地 (Yóutàirén sǎnjū dì) Estonian: diasporaa, hajala

Japanese: 四散 (しさん, shisan) Portuguese: diáspora f. Spanish: diáspora f. Turkish: diaspora

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Finnish

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Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: dias‧po‧ra

Noun

diaspora

1. diaspora

Declension

Declension of diaspora (type koira) singular plural nominative diaspora diasporat genitive diasporan diasporien diasporain1 partitive diasporaa diasporia accusative diaspora diasporan diasporat inessive diasporassa diasporissa elative diasporasta diasporista illative diasporaan diasporiin adessive diasporalla diasporilla ablative diasporalta diasporilta allative diasporalle diasporille essive diasporana diasporina translative diasporaksi diasporiksi instructive – diasporin abessive diasporatta diasporitta comitative – diasporineen 1) Rare.

Derived terms

• diasporaseurakunta

Anagrams

• rapsodia

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French

Noun

diaspora f. (plural diasporas)

1. diaspora

Anagrams

• parodias

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Italian

Noun

diaspora f. (plural diaspore)

1. diaspora (all senses)

Anagrams

• Paradiso, paradiso, rapsodia