ALL meanings of diaspora
di·as·po·ra
D d - noun diaspora the dispersion of the Jews after the Babylonian and Roman conquests of Palestine 3
- noun diaspora the Jewish communities outside Israel 3
- noun diaspora the Jews living outside Israel 3
- noun diaspora the extent of Jewish settlement outside Israel 3
- noun diaspora (in the New Testament) the body of Christians living outside Palestine 3
- noun diaspora a dispersion or spreading, as of people originally belonging to one nation or having a common culture 3
- noun diaspora the descendants of Sub-Saharan African peoples living anywhere in the Western hemisphere 3
- noun diaspora the dispersion of the Jews after the Babylonian Exile 3
- noun diaspora the Jews thus dispersed 3
- noun diaspora the places where they settled 3
- noun diaspora any scattering of people with a common origin, background, beliefs, etc. 3
- singular noun diaspora People who come from a particular nation, or whose ancestors came from it, but who now live in many different parts of the world are sometimes referred to as the diaspora. 2
- noun diaspora (usually initial capital letter) the scattering of the Jews to countries outside of Palestine after the Babylonian captivity. 1
- noun diaspora (often initial capital letter) the body of Jews living in countries outside Israel. 1
- noun diaspora (often initial capital letter) such countries collectively: the return of the Jews from the Diaspora. 1
- noun diaspora any group migration or flight from a country or region. Synonyms: dispersion, dissemination, migration, displacement, scattering. Antonyms: return. 1
- noun diaspora any group that has been dispersed outside its traditional homeland, especially involuntarily, as Africans during the trans-Atlantic slave trade. 1
- noun diaspora any religious group living as a minority among people of the prevailing religion. 1
- noun diaspora the spread or dissemination of something originally confined to a local, homogeneous group, as a language or cultural institution: the diaspora of English as a global language. 1
- noun diaspora Jews living outside Israel. 1
- noun diaspora The dispersion of the Jews among the Gentiles after the Captivity. 0
- noun diaspora Any similar dispersion. 0
- noun diaspora A group so dispersed, especially Jews outside of the land of Israel. 0
- noun diaspora The regions where such a dispersed group (especially the Jews) resides, taken collectively. 0
- noun diaspora Any dispersion of an originally homogeneous entity, such as a language or culture. 0