diaspora

See also: Diaspora and diáspora

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 (speirō, “I sow”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /daɪˈæspəɹə/

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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 (spʿyuṙkʿ)
• Bulgarian: диаспора (diasporá)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 散居 (zh) (sǎnjū), 流散 (zh) (liúsàn), 僑民, 侨民 (zh) (qiáomín), 離散 (zh), 离散 (zh) (lísàn)

• Finnish: diaspora (fi), hajaannus
• French: diaspora (fr) f
• German: Diaspora (de) f
• Greek: διασπορά (el) f (diasporá)

• Hebrew: גלות (he) f (galut)
• Irish: diaspóra
• Japanese: ディアスポラ (diasupora), 四散 (しさん, shisan), 離散 (りさん, risan)
• Portuguese: diáspora (pt) f
• Russian: диаспора (ru) f (diáspora)
• Spanish: diáspora (es) f
• Vietnamese: cộng đồng (vi)

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• Estonian: diasporaa, hajala

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

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Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: dias‧po‧ra

Noun

diaspora

1. diaspora

Declension

Declension of diaspora (Kotus type 10/koira)

	singular	plural
nominative	diaspora	diasporat
genitive	diasporan	diasporien diasporainrare
partitive	diasporaa	diasporia
accusative	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

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