diaspora

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See also: Diaspora, diasporă, diaspóra, and diáspora

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Etymology[edit]

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

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Noun[edit]

diaspora (plural diasporas or diasporae or diasporai)

  1. (historical) The dispersion of the Jews among the Gentiles after the Babylonian captivity (6th century BCE).
  2. (by extension) Any similar dispersion.
    The African diaspora caused a melding of cultures, both African cultures and Western ones, in many places.
    • 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.
  3. (collective) 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 on 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

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References[edit]

  1. ^ “diaspora”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
  2. ^ “diaspora”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

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Esperanto[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From diasporo +‎ -a.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [diasˈpora]
  • Rhymes: -ora
  • Hyphenation: di‧as‧po‧ra

Adjective[edit]

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

  1. diasporic

Finnish[edit]

Finnish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia fi

Etymology[edit]

From Ancient Greek διασπορᾱ́ (diasporā́).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈdiɑˌsporɑ/, [ˈdiɑ̝ˌs̠po̞rɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -orɑ
  • Syllabification(key): di‧a‧spo‧ra

Noun[edit]

diaspora

  1. diaspora

Declension[edit]

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
diasporainrare
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 (type koira)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative diasporani diasporani
accusative nom. diasporani diasporani
gen. diasporani
genitive diasporani diasporieni
diasporainirare
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
diasporaisirare
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
diasporaimmerare
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
diasporainnerare
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
diasporainsarare
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

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Noun[edit]

diaspora f (plural diasporas)

  1. diaspora

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Indonesian[edit]

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia id

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [diasˈpora]
  • Hyphenation: di‧as‧po‧ra

Noun[edit]

diaspora (first-person possessive diasporaku, second-person possessive diasporamu, third-person possessive diasporanya)

  1. (politics, government) diaspora.

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Italian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /diˈa.spo.ra/, /ˈdja.spo.ra/[1]
  • Rhymes: -aspora
  • Hyphenation: di‧à‧spo‧ra, dià‧spo‧ra

Noun[edit]

diaspora f (plural diaspore)

  1. diaspora (all senses)

References[edit]

  1. ^ diaspora in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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Swedish[edit]

Noun[edit]

diaspora c

  1. diaspora (all senses)

Declension[edit]

Declension of diaspora 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative diaspora diasporan diasporor diaspororna
Genitive diasporas diasporans diasporors diasporornas

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