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   Di·as·po·ra

   /dīˈasp(ə)rə/

   

   noun

   • 1. the dispersion or spread of a people from their original homeland: "the diaspora of boat people from Asia"
   • ▪ people who have spread or been dispersed from their homeland: "the Ukrainian diaspora flocked back to Kiev"
   • ▪ the dispersion of the Jewish people beyond Israel: "a secular interpretation of Jewish history in antiquity and during the Diaspora"
   • ▪ Jewish people living outside Israel: "Jewish cookery of the Diaspora can be divided into two main branches"

   Word Origin late 17th century (with reference to the Jewish diaspora): Greek, from diaspeirein ‘disperse’, from dia ‘across’ + speirein ‘scatter’. The term originated in the Septuagint (Deuteronomy 28:25) in the phrase esē diaspora en pasais basileias tēs gēs ‘thou shalt be a dispersion in all kingdoms of the earth’.

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   • 1. diasporic adjective

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   Synonyms for DIASPORA: emigration, exodus, evacuation, flight, retirement, departure, departing, withdrawal; Antonyms of DIASPORA: coming, approach, entrance, arrival, appearance, ingress, advent

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   nounas in deportation from a place. nounas in movement to another place. On this page you'll find 10 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to diaspora, such as: exodus, disbandment, dispersal, dispersion, dissolution, and escape.

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   Need synonyms for diaspora? Here's a list of similar words from our thesaurus that you can use instead. Contexts. The dispersion or spread of any people from their original homeland. A movement of animals or people from one region to another. Noun. . The dispersion or spread of any people from their original homeland. migration. displacement.

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   IPA guide. Other forms: diasporas. A diaspora is a large group of people with a similar heritage or homeland who have since moved out to places all over the world. The term diaspora comes from an ancient Greek word meaning "to scatter about."

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   Synonyms for DIASPORAS: emigrations, exoduses, evacuations, flights, withdrawals, partings, departures, retirements; Antonyms of DIASPORAS: comings, approaches, entrances, arrivals, appearances, ingresses, advents

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   definitions. sentences. thesaurus. Parts of speech. nouns. Synonyms. Similar meaning. View all. migration. dispersal. dissolution. dispersion. displacement. emigration. exodus. expatriation. scattering. moving abroad. disbandment. exiles. mass exodus. moving overseas. refugee flow. diffusion. banishment. escape. relocation. separation. spread.

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   Synonyms of diaspora. 1. capitalized, Judaism. a. : the Jews living outside Israel. members of the Diaspora. b. : the settling of scattered communities of Jews outside ancient Palestine after the Babylonian exile. c. : the area outside ancient Palestine settled by Jews. 2. a. : people settled far from their ancestral homelands.