Diaspora
Diaspora
Definition
Di·as·pora (dī as′pə rə)
noun
- the dispersion of the Jews after the Babylonian Exile
- the Jews thus dispersed
- the places where they settled
- any scattering of people with a common origin, background, beliefs, etc.
Etymology: Gr diaspora, a scattering < diasperein, to scatter < dia-, across + speirein, to sow: see spore
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