diaspora

See also: Diaspora, diasporă, diaspóra, and diáspora

English

Alternative forms

• Diaspora (in certain senses)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek διασπορᾱ́ (diasporā́, “dispersion”), from διασπείρω (diaspeírō, “to scatter”), from δια- (dia-, prefix indicating motion across or in all directions) + σπείρω (speírō, “to sow”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /daɪˈæs.pə.ɹə/, /daɪˈæs.pɹə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /daɪˈæs.pɚ.ə/, /daɪˈæs.pɹə/, /diˈæs.pɚ.ə/, /diˈæs.pɹə/

  • Audio (General American):

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• Hyphenation: di‧a‧spo‧ra

Noun

diaspora (plural diasporas or diasporae or diasporai)

1. (collective) The dispersion of a group in a manner comparable to that of the Jews among the Gentiles after the Babylonian captivity (6th century BCE).

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

   • 1594, Lambert Daneau, A Fruitfull Commentarie Vpon the Twelue Small Prophets‎^[1], page 1042:

     This scattering abrode of the Iewes, as it were an heauenly sowing, fell out after their returne from the captiuitie of Babylon. Wherevpon both Acts. 2. and also 1. Pet. 1. and 1. Iam. ver. 1. [sic] they are called Diaspora, that is, a scattering or sowing abrode.

   • 2023 July 12, Paul Clifton, “Network News: Saved: Trust protects Adrian Shooter's legacy”, in RAIL, number 987, page 29:

     We're going to use her to train young people in the skills of maintaining these machines, and encourage the Indian diaspora in this country to get involved in our hobby of steam railways.

2. (by extension, informal) Jews outside of the land of Israel.
3. The regions where such a dispersed group (especially the Jews) resides, taken collectively.

   Jews in the diaspora often have a different perspective on anti-Semitism than Israeli Jews.

4. 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

Hyponyms

• Afrodiaspora
• Diaspora

Derived terms

• Afrodiaspora
• diasporal
• diasporan
• diasporated
• diasporation
• diasporism
• diasporite
• diasporoid

Descendants

• → Japanese: ディアスポラ (diasupora)
• → Korean: 디아스포라 (diaseupora)
• → Portuguese: diáspora

Translations

dispersion of the Jews

• Arabic: شَتَات يَهُودِي m (šatāt yahūdī)
• Aramaic: גָּלוּתָא
• Catalan: diàspora f
• Czech: diaspora (cs) f
• Esperanto: diasporo
• French: diaspora (fr) f
• Galician: diáspora f
• Hebrew: גָּלוּת (he) f (galút)
• Irish: diaspóra (na nGiúdach) m
• Italian: diaspora (it) f
• Ladino: galut, diaspora (djudia) f
• Polish: diaspora (pl) f
• Portuguese: diáspora (pt) f
• Yiddish: גלות f (goles), תּפֿוצות pl (tfutses)

dispersion of any group of people

• Albanian: diasporë, mërgatë (sq)
• Arabic: شَتَات m (šatāt), جالِية f (jāliya), مَهْجَر m (mahjar)
• Armenian: սփյուռք (hy) (spʻyuṙkʻ)
• Basque: diaspora
• Belarusian: дыя́спара f (dyjáspara)
• Bulgarian: диаспо́ра f (diaspóra)
• Catalan: diàspora f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 散居 (zh) (sǎnjū), 流散 (zh) (liúsàn), 僑民 / 侨民 (zh) (qiáomín), 離散 / 离散 (zh) (lísàn), ^{(please verify)} 猶太人散居地 / 犹太人散居地 (yóutàirén sàn jū de)

• Czech: diaspora (cs) f
• Danish: diaspora
• Dutch: diaspora (nl)
• Esperanto: diasporo
• Estonian: diasporaa, hajala
• Finnish: diaspora (fi), hajaannus (fi)
• French: diaspora (fr) f
• Galician: diáspora f
• Georgian: დიასპორა (ka) (diasṗora)
• German: Diaspora (de) f

  Alemannic German: diaspora

• Greek: διασπορά (el) f (diasporá)
• Hebrew: פְּזוּרָה f (pzurá)
• Hindi: विकीर्णन m (vikīrṇan)
• Hungarian: szórvány (hu), diaszpóra (hu)
• Indonesian: diaspora (id)
• Interlingua: diaspora
• Irish: diaspóra m
• Italian: diaspora (it) f
• Japanese: ディアスポラ (ja) (diasupora), 四散 (ja) (しさん, shisan), 離散 (ja) (りさん, risan)
• Kazakh: шетжұрт (šetjurt), ғұрбат (ğurbat)
• Korean: 디아스포라 (diaseupora)
• Ladino:

  Latin: diaspora f

• Macedonian: дијаспора f (dijaspora)
• Norwegian: diaspora
• Pannonian Rusyn: дияспора f (dijaspora)
• Polish: diaspora (pl) f
• Portuguese: diáspora (pt) f
• Romanian: diasporă f
• Russian: диа́спора (ru) f (diáspora)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: дијаспора f

  Latin: dijaspora (sh) f

• Sicilian: diàspora
• Slovak: diaspóra f
• Slovene: diaspora f
• Spanish: diáspora (es) f
• Swedish: diaspora (sv) c
• Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: kopuntu (tr), diaspora (tr)
• Ukrainian: діа́спора f (diáspora)
• Vietnamese: cộng đồng hải ngoại
• Yiddish: צעשפּרייטונג f (tseshpreytung)

Further reading

• diaspora on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Jewish diaspora on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “diaspora”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• diaspora in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “diaspora”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

Esperanto

Etymology

Etymology tree

Esperanto diasporo

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Italic *-ā

Latin -ader.

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Latin -a

Italian -ader.

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Latin -a

Old Spanish -a

Spanish -ader.

Esperanto -a

Esperanto diaspora

From diasporo + -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diasˈpora/
• Rhymes: -ora
• Syllabification: di‧as‧po‧ra

Adjective

diaspora (accusative singular diasporan, plural diasporaj, accusative plural diasporajn)

1. diasporic

Finnish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek διασπορᾱ́ (diasporā́).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdiɑˌsporɑ/, [ˈdiɑ̝ˌs̠po̞rɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -orɑ
• Syllabification^(key): di‧a‧spo‧ra, di‧as‧po‧ra
• Hyphenation^(key): dia‧spora, di‧as‧po‧ra

Noun

diaspora

1. diaspora

Declension

Inflection of diaspora (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative		diaspora	diasporat
genitive		diasporan	diasporien
partitive		diasporaa	diasporia
illative		diasporaan	diasporiin
		singular	plural
nominative		diaspora	diasporat
accusative	nom.	diaspora	diasporat
	gen.	diasporan
genitive		diasporan	diasporien diasporain rare
partitive		diasporaa	diasporia
inessive		diasporassa	diasporissa
elative		diasporasta	diasporista
illative		diasporaan	diasporiin
adessive		diasporalla	diasporilla
ablative		diasporalta	diasporilta
allative		diasporalle	diasporille
essive		diasporana	diasporina
translative		diasporaksi	diasporiksi
abessive		diasporatta	diasporitta
instructive		—	diasporin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of diaspora (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative diasporani diasporani accusative nom. diasporani diasporani gen. diasporani genitive diasporani diasporieni diasporaini rare partitive diasporaani diasporiani inessive diasporassani diasporissani elative diasporastani diasporistani illative diasporaani diasporiini adessive diasporallani diasporillani ablative diasporaltani diasporiltani allative diasporalleni diasporilleni essive diasporanani diasporinani translative diasporakseni diasporikseni abessive diasporattani diasporittani instructive — — comitative — diasporineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative diasporasi diasporasi accusative nom. diasporasi diasporasi gen. diasporasi genitive diasporasi diasporiesi diasporaisi rare partitive diasporaasi diasporiasi inessive diasporassasi diasporissasi elative diasporastasi diasporistasi illative diasporaasi diasporiisi adessive diasporallasi diasporillasi ablative diasporaltasi diasporiltasi allative diasporallesi diasporillesi essive diasporanasi diasporinasi translative diasporaksesi diasporiksesi abessive diasporattasi diasporittasi instructive — — comitative — diasporinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative diasporamme diasporamme accusative nom. diasporamme diasporamme gen. diasporamme genitive diasporamme diasporiemme diasporaimme rare partitive diasporaamme diasporiamme inessive diasporassamme diasporissamme elative diasporastamme diasporistamme illative diasporaamme diasporiimme adessive diasporallamme diasporillamme ablative diasporaltamme diasporiltamme allative diasporallemme diasporillemme essive diasporanamme diasporinamme translative diasporaksemme diasporiksemme abessive diasporattamme diasporittamme instructive — — comitative — diasporinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative diasporanne diasporanne accusative nom. diasporanne diasporanne gen. diasporanne genitive diasporanne diasporienne diasporainne rare partitive diasporaanne diasporianne inessive diasporassanne diasporissanne elative diasporastanne diasporistanne illative diasporaanne diasporiinne adessive diasporallanne diasporillanne ablative diasporaltanne diasporiltanne allative diasporallenne diasporillenne essive diasporananne diasporinanne translative diasporaksenne diasporiksenne abessive diasporattanne diasporittanne instructive — — comitative — diasporinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative diasporansa diasporansa accusative nom. diasporansa diasporansa gen. diasporansa genitive diasporansa diasporiensa diasporainsa rare partitive diasporaansa diasporiaan diasporiansa inessive diasporassaan diasporassansa diasporissaan diasporissansa elative diasporastaan diasporastansa diasporistaan diasporistansa illative diasporaansa diasporiinsa adessive diasporallaan diasporallansa diasporillaan diasporillansa ablative diasporaltaan diasporaltansa diasporiltaan diasporiltansa allative diasporalleen diasporallensa diasporilleen diasporillensa essive diasporanaan diasporanansa diasporinaan diasporinansa translative diasporakseen diasporaksensa diasporikseen diasporiksensa abessive diasporattaan diasporattansa diasporittaan diasporittansa instructive — — comitative — diasporineen diasporinensa

Derived terms

compounds

• diasporaseurakunta

Further reading

• “diaspora”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023

Anagrams

• rapsodia

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /djas.pɔ.ʁa/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

  (file)

Noun

diaspora f (plural diasporas)

1. diaspora

Further reading

• “diaspora”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Anagrams

• parodias

Indonesian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek διασπορά (diasporá, “dispersion”), from διασπείρω (diaspeírō, “to scatter”), from δια- (dia-, prefix indicating motion across or in all directions) + σπείρω (speírō, “to sow”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /diasˈpora/ [di.asˈpo.ra]
• Rhymes: -ora
• Syllabification: di‧as‧po‧ra

Noun

diaspora (plural diaspora-diaspora)

1. (politics, government) diaspora

Further reading

• “diaspora”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diˈas.po.ra/, /ˈdjas.po.ra/
• Rhymes: -aspora
• Hyphenation: di‧à‧spo‧ra, dià‧spo‧ra

Noun

diaspora f (plural diaspore)

1. diaspora (all senses)

Anagrams

• Paradiso, paradiso, rapsodia

Swedish

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

diaspora c

1. diaspora (all senses)

Declension

Declension of diaspora

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	diaspora	diasporas
	definite	diasporan	diasporans
plural	indefinite	diasporor	diasporors
	definite	diaspororna	diasporornas

References

• “diaspora”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “diaspora”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “diaspora”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)