Diaspora

See also: diaspora and diáspora

English

Etymology

See diaspora.

Pronunciation

See diaspora.

Proper noun

the Diaspora

1. The dispersion of the Jews from the land of Israel.
   • 1996, Gal Allon, ‎Allon Gal, ‎Jerold S. Auerbach, Envisioning Israel: The Changing Ideals and Images of North American Jews, page 151:

     According to the still common Israeli definition of a Zionist as one who views the Diaspora negatively and considers the settlement of Jews in Israel as essential, the vast majority of American Jews would not be considered Zionists.

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

dispersion of a group of people

• Alemannic German: diaspora
• Arabic: الشتات
• Basque: diaspora
• Catalan: diàspora
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 猶太人散居地／犹太人散居地, ^{(please verify)} 犹太人散居地 (yóutàirén sàn jū de)

• Czech: diaspora (cs)
• Danish: diaspora
• Dutch: diaspora (nl)
• Esperanto: diasporo
• Estonian: diasporaa, hajala
• Finnish: diaspora (fi)
• French: diaspora (fr) f
• Georgian: დიასპორა (ka) (diasṗora)
• German: Diaspora (de) f
• Greek: διασπορά (el) f (diasporá)
• Hebrew: גלות (he) f (galut)
• Indonesian: diaspora (id)
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• Interlingua: diaspora
• Italian: diaspora (it)
• Japanese: ディアスポラ (diasupora), 四散 (しさん, shisan)
• Korean: 디아스포라 (diaseupora)
• Ladino: galut f
• Norwegian: diaspora
• Polish: diaspora (pl)
• Portuguese: diáspora (pt) f
• Russian: диа́спора (ru) (diáspora)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: дијаспора

  Roman: dijaspora (sh)

• Sicilian: diàspora
• Slovak: diaspóra
• Spanish: diáspora (es) f
• Swedish: diaspora (sv)
• Turkish: diaspora (tr)
• Ukrainian: діаспора (diaspora)
• Yiddish: גלות f (goles)

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diˈaspoʀa/

• Audio:

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Noun

Diaspora f (genitive Diaspora, plural Diasporas)

1. Diaspora

Further reading

• “Diaspora” in Duden online