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Diaspora   /daɪˈæspərə/   Listen
Diaspora

noun
1.
The body of Jews (or Jewish communities) outside Palestine or modern Israel.
2.
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.
3.
The dispersion or spreading of something that was originally localized (as a people or language or culture).





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"Diaspora" Quotes from Famous Books



... 2002-06. Eritrea's economic future depends upon its ability to master social problems such as illiteracy, unemployment, and low skills, as well as the willingness to open its economy to private enterprise so that the diaspora's money and expertise can ...
— The 2007 CIA World Factbook • United States


Words linked to "Diaspora" :   body, scattering, distribution, dispersion


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