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Diaspora Definition

Di·as·pora (dī as′pə rə)

noun

    1. the dispersion of the Jews after the Babylonian Exile
    2. the Jews thus dispersed
    3. the places where they settled
  2. 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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