DIASPORA

/daɪˈæspəɹə/ ► audio Scrabble 11 Words With Friends 12

Definition

  1. noun the body of Jews (or Jewish communities) outside Palestine or modern Israel.
  2. noun the dispersion of the Jews outside Israel.
  3. noun the dispersion or spreading of something that was originally localized (as a people or language or culture).

Examples

  • “The African diaspora caused a melding of cultures, both African cultures and Western ones, in many places.”
  • “Jews in the diaspora often have a different perspective of anti-Semitism from Israeli Jews.”

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