Word of the Day Diaspora

WordDiaspora
Syllabledi·as·po·ra
Sound[dīˈaspərə]
Noun

    the DIASPORA
  1. Jews living outside Israel.
    • the dispersion of the Jews beyond Israel.
    • the dispersion of any people from their original homeland:
      “the diaspora of boat people from Asia”
    • the people so dispersed:
      “the Ukrainian diaspora flocked back to Kiev”

    A diaspora is a scattered population with a common origin in a smaller geographic locale. Diaspora can also refer to the movement of the population from its original homeland.

    ⌇ wiki/Diaspora

Greek, from diaspeirein ‘disperse,’ from dia ‘across’ + speirein ‘scatter.’ The term originated in the Septuagint (Deuteronomy 28:25) in the phrase esē diaspora en pasais basileias tēs gēs ‘thou shalt be a dispersion in all kingdoms of the earth.’ First Known Use: 1881

diaspora (noun)
diasporic (adjective)

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