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diaspora

diaspora

12 8.2
A group of people from the same country who live in many other countries
  • noun
  • /daɪˈæspərə/
translation icon : diáspora
  • After years of conflict, the Armenian diaspora has established vibrant communities around the world.

The oracles, there's a whole living tradition of oracles in Tibetan diaspora.

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Examples

  • Amid the changing diaspora of Mexican migration to the United States, certain regional patterns persist.

    Academic text (2008)
  • Moreover, the brothers were able to create new friendships and networks within the Karen diaspora community.

    Academic text (2015)
  • Indeed, for this generation within a black diaspora, sound is closer to culture than "race" ever was.

    Academic text (1994)
  • The question is, how can we get the diaspora population to see this opportunity?

    Blog text (19)
  • We're going to take three people from the African diaspora to try to tell this story.

  • After 4 June 1989, a new Chinese diaspora began from mainland China to the West, especially the United States.

    Academic text (1991)
  • Many countries have benefited from connecting with the diaspora that lives in the Valley.

    Blog text (1)
  • For African Americans, these cultural and social concerns with the arts of Africa and the diaspora are self-explanatory.

    Academic text (1990)
  • So my question is, what can this Hellenic diaspora do to help Greece with its current difficulties?

  • After seventy-five years, Armenians in the diaspora and in Soviet Armenia remain traumatized by the genocide of 1915.

    Academic text (1991)

Synonyms

migration
vsdiaspora
82 3.7

Movement of people from one place to another to live there

is movement from an original home that spreads a people and culture
dispersal
vsdiaspora
17 5.2

The spreading of things over a wide area, for example seeds or people

is movement from an original home that preserves a group's culture
outmigration
vsdiaspora
  • Specialized
1 7.2

A movement of people leaving a place to live somewhere else

is movement from an original homeland that spreads a community and culture

How Widespread

diaspora
12 8.2
dispersal
17 5.2
migration
82 3.7

Surface Forms

diaspora singular
diasporas plural

Etymology

Diaspora comes from Greek parts dia- 'across' and speirein 'to scatter', like scattering seeds. So a diaspora is a group of people or a culture that has been spread out from its original homeland to many other places.