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diaspora

/daɪˈæspɝʌ/noun4 syllables

Diaspora means: 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.

What does diaspora mean?3

noun

1

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

2

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

3

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

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Diaspora in a sentence

  • Algeria has a large diaspora community in France.Amastan
  • The first diaspora to be called one was the Jewish one.shekitten
  • There is a big Algerian diaspora in the UK.Amastan
  • There is a very large Gujarati diaspora in Canada.sabretou
  • The Kabyle diaspora is doing everything to help Kabylia.Igider
  • Ziri is part of the Algerian diaspora in Moscow.Amastan
  • Algeria's largest diaspora is in France.Amastan
  • Algeria's largest diaspora lives in France.Amastan

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