diaspora
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- Diaspora (in certain senses)
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek διασπορά (diasporá, “dispersion”), from διασπείρω (diaspeírō, “I scatter”), from διά (diá, “across”) + σπείρω (speírō, “I sow”).
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Noun[edit]
diaspora (plural diasporas)
- The dispersion of the Jews among the Gentiles after the Captivity.
- Any similar dispersion.
- The African diaspora caused a melding of cultures, both African cultures and Western ones, in many places.
- A group so dispersed, especially Jews outside of the land of Israel.
- 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.
- Any dispersion of an originally homogeneous entity, such as a language or culture.
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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
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Translations[edit]
dispersion of a group of people
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Finnish[edit]
(index d)
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: dias‧po‧ra
Noun[edit]
diaspora
Declension[edit]
Inflection of diaspora (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
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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 diasporainrare |
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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 | |
instructive | — | diasporin | |
abessive | diasporatta | diasporitta | |
comitative | — | diasporineen |
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French[edit]
Noun[edit]
diaspora f (plural diasporas)
Further reading[edit]
- “diaspora” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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Italian[edit]
Noun[edit]
diaspora f (plural diaspore)
- diaspora (all senses)
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