Diaspora

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diaspora /dʌɪˈasp(ə)rə/

▶noun (the diaspora) the dispersion of the Jews beyond Israel.

■ Jews living outside Israel.

■ the dispersion or spread of any people from their original homeland.

■ people who have spread or been dispersed from their homeland.

– derivatives
diasporic adjective.

– origin Gk (orig. in the Septuagint, Deut. 28:25), from diaspeirein ‘disperse’.