Australian English Meaning of diaspora

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Definitions and Meaning of diaspora in English

Wordnet

diaspora (n)

the body of Jews (or Jewish communities) outside Palestine or modern Israel

the dispersion of the Jews outside Israel; from the destruction of the temple in Jerusalem in 587-86 BC when they were exiled to Babylonia up to the present time

the dispersion or spreading of something that was originally localized (as a people or language or culture)

Webster

diaspora (n.)

Lit., Dispersion. -- applied collectively: (a) To those Jews who, after the Exile, were scattered through the Old World, and afterwards to Jewish Christians living among heathen. Cf. James i. 1. (b) By extension, to Christians isolated from their own communion, as among the Moravians to those living, usually as missionaries, outside of the parent congregation.

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diaspora

the body of Jews (or Jewish communities) outside Palestine or modern Israel, the dispersion of the Jews outside Israel; from the destruction of the temple in Je

emigration,Evacuation,exodus,Decamping,decampment,departing,departure,Exit,exit,flight

approach,coming,appearance,arrival,entrance,advent,inflow

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