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Diaspora
Di·as·po·ra D0200100 (dī-ăs′pər-ə)n.1. The dispersion of Jews outside of Israel from the sixth century bc, when they were exiled to Babylonia, until the present time.2. often diaspora The body of Jews or Jewish communities outside Palestine or modern Israel.3. diasporaa. A dispersion of a people from their original homeland.b. The community formed by such a people: "the glutinous dish known throughout the [West African] diaspora as ... fufu" (Jonell Nash).4. diaspora A dispersion of an originally homogeneous entity, such as a language or culture: "the diaspora of English into several mutually incomprehensible languages" (Randolph Quirk).
[Greek diasporā, dispersion, from diaspeirein, to spread about : dia-, apart; see dia- + speirein, to sow, scatter; see sper- in Indo-European roots.]
di·as′po·ric, di·as′po·ral adj.Diaspora (daɪˈæspərə) n1. (Historical Terms) a. the dispersion of the Jews after the Babylonian and Roman conquests of Palestineb. the Jewish communities outside Israelc. the Jews living outside Israeld. the extent of Jewish settlement outside Israel2. (Peoples) a. the dispersion of the Jews after the Babylonian and Roman conquests of Palestineb. the Jewish communities outside Israelc. the Jews living outside Israeld. the extent of Jewish settlement outside Israel3. (Bible) (in the New Testament) the body of Christians living outside Palestine4. (Anthropology & Ethnology) (often not capital) a dispersion or spreading, as of people originally belonging to one nation or having a common culture5. (Sociology) (often not capital) a dispersion or spreading, as of people originally belonging to one nation or having a common culture6. (Peoples) Caribbean the descendants of Sub-Saharan African peoples living anywhere in the Western hemisphere[C19: from Greek: a scattering, from diaspeirein to disperse, from dia- + speirein to scatter, sow; see spore]Di•as•po•ra (daɪˈæs pər ə)
n. 1. the scattering of the Jews to countries outside of Palestine after the Babylonian captivity. 2. (often l.c.) the body of Jews living in countries outside Palestine or modern Israel. 3. such countries collectively. 4. (l.c.) any group migration or flight from a country or region; dispersion. 5. (l.c.) any group that has been dispersed outside its traditional homeland. [1875–80; < Greek diasporá a dispersion, n. derivative of diaspeîrein to scatter. See dia-, spore] Diasporathe scattering of the Jews after the period of Babylonian exile.See also: Judaismdiaspora1. A Greek word meaning scattering, used to mean the dispersion of a people to other parts of the world, or the worldwide communities of a people, especially of the Jews.2. The dispersion and exile of Jews, first by the destruction of the kingdom of Israel and of the kingdom of Judah and later by improved communications, commercial opportunities and especially the spread of the Roman Empire. Jews were scattered throughout Europe, Asia, and later North America. This dispersion was sometimes forced, such as in the exile to Babylon in 586 BC and at the destruction of the Temple by the Romans in AD 70.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  diaspora - the body of Jews (or Jewish communities) outside Palestine or modern Israelbody - a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity; "the whole body filed out of the auditorium"; "the student body"; "administrative body" | | 2. | Diaspora - 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 timedispersion, scattering - spreading widely or driving off | | 3. | diaspora - the dispersion or spreading of something that was originally localized (as a people or language or culture)dispersion, distribution - the spatial or geographic property of being scattered about over a range, area, or volume; "worldwide in distribution"; "the distribution of nerve fibers"; "in complementary distribution" |
TranslationsDiasporadiasporaגלותдиаспораDiaspora
Diaspora (dīăs`pərə) [Gr.,=dispersion], term used today to denote the Jewish communities living outside the Holy Land. It was originally used to designate the dispersal of the Jews at the time of the destruction of the first Temple (586 B.C.) and the forced exile [Heb.,=Galut] to Babylonia (see Babylonian captivityBabylonian captivity,
in the history of Israel, the period from the fall of Jerusalem (586 B.C.) to the reconstruction in Palestine of a new Jewish state (after 538 B.C.).
..... Click the link for more information. ). The diaspora became a permanent feature of Jewish life; by A.D. 70 Jewish communities existed in Babylonia, Syria, Egypt, Cyrene, Asia Minor, Greece, and Rome. Jews followed the Romans into Europe and from Persia and Babylonia spread as far east as China. In modern times, Jews have migrated to the Americas, South Africa, and Australia. The Jewish population of Central and Eastern Europe, until World War II the largest in the world, was decimated in the HolocaustHolocaust
, name given to the period of persecution and extermination of European Jews by Nazi Germany. Romani (Gypsies), homosexuals, Jehovah's Witnesses, the disabled, and others were also victims of the Holocaust.
..... Click the link for more information. . Despite the creation of the state of Israel in 1948, the vast majority of the Jewish people remains in the diaspora, notably in North America, Russia, and Ukraine. The term diaspora has also been applied to other peoples with large numbers living outside their traditional homelands. See JewsJews
[from Judah], traditionally, descendants of Judah, the fourth son of Jacob, whose tribe, with that of his half-brother Benjamin, made up the kingdom of Judah; historically, members of the worldwide community of adherents to Judaism.
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, the religious beliefs and practices and the way of life of the Jews. The term itself was first used by Hellenized Jews to describe their religious practice, but it is of predominantly modern usage; it is not used in the Bible or in Rabbinic literature and only rarely
..... Click the link for more information. .diaspora (from the Greek dia, through, and speiro, scatter) the situation of any group of people dispersed, whether forcibly or voluntarily, throughout the world. Referring particularly to the Jewish experience, the term may be applied to any comparable migrant groups. In a world ever more subject to GLOBALIZATION, diasporic communities are increasingly a feature of the world and the social and political implications of these are much studied. See also POST-COLONIAL THEORY.Diaspora the residence of a significant portion of a people (ethnic group) outside their native land. Diasporas have occurred as a result of forced deportation, the threat of genocide, and economic and geographic factors. Originally the term “diaspora” denoted the existence of Jews outside Palestine, especially after their exile by the Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar II at the beginning of the sixth century B.C. and by the Romans in the first and second centuries A.D. Subsequently, the term was applied to other ethnic and religious groups, such as the Armenians, Irish, Chinese, and early Christians. Diaspora1. a. the dispersion of the Jews after the Babylonian and Roman conquests of Palestine b. the Jewish communities outside Israel c. the Jews living outside Israel d. the extent of Jewish settlement outside Israel 2. (in the New Testament) the body of Christians living outside Palestine 3. a dispersion or spreading, as of people originally belonging to one nation or having a common culture Diaspora
DiasporaThe persons of a community living outside their area or ancestral homeland, especially but not necessarily as a community. A diaspora can create and sustain trade and other economic ties between two areas. For example, a businessman from one ethnic group may communicate with a relative in the homeland in order to set up an import-export company.diaspora
Words related to diasporanoun the body of Jews (or Jewish communities) outside Palestine or modern IsraelRelated Wordsnoun the dispersion of the Jews outside IsraelRelated Wordsnoun the dispersion or spreading of something that was originally localized (as a people or language or culture)Related Words |