diaspora
English
Alternative forms
- Diaspora (in certain senses)
Etymology
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
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Audio (GA): (file) - Hyphenation: di‧a‧spo‧ra
Noun
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.
- 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
Translations
dispersion of a group of people
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References
- ^ “diaspora”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- ^ “diaspora”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
Esperanto
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
diaspora (accusative singular diasporan, plural diasporaj, accusative plural diasporajn)
Finnish
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: dias‧po‧ra
Noun
diaspora
Declension
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 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. |
Derived terms
Anagrams
French
Noun
diaspora f (plural diasporas)
Further reading
- “diaspora”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Italian
Noun
diaspora f (plural diaspore)
- diaspora (all senses)
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