DIASPORA meaning: Dispersal of people from homeland

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diaspora, the Diaspora, the diaspora: Merriam-Webster.com
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Diaspora: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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diaspora, the Diaspora, the diaspora: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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Diaspora: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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Diaspora: Catholic Encyclopedia
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Definitions from Wiktionary (

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▸ noun:  The dispersion of the Jews from the land of Israel.
▸ noun:  (collective) The Jews so dispersed.
▸ noun:  (by extension) A similar dispersion.
▸ noun:  (historical) The dispersion of the Jews among the Gentiles after the Babylonian captivity (6th century BCE).
▸ noun:  (by extension) Any similar dispersion.
▸ noun:  (collective) A group so dispersed, especially Jews outside of the land of Israel.
▸ noun:  The regions where such a dispersed group (especially the Jews) resides, taken collectively.
▸ noun:  Any dispersion of an originally homogeneous entity, such as a language or culture.

Similar:

yerida, Hebrewdom, Jewry, Israel, Jewland, Yehudim, yeridah, Jewdom, Exodus, Jewsrael, more...

Opposite:

gathering, concentration, centralization, agglomeration

Types:

Jewish diaspora, Africdiaspora, Armenidiaspora, Chinese diaspora, Indidiaspora, Irish diaspora, Italidiaspora, Korediaspora, Lebanese diaspora, more...

Phrases:

Jewish diaspora, African diaspora, Japanese diaspora, Polish diaspora, Italian diaspora, more...

Adjectives:

african, chinese, indian, black, asian, irish, armenian, russian, palestinian, south, greek

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