galut
9.9
A person who lives away from their homeland
- noun
- /ɡəˈluːt/
:
exiliado
- Many view their experience as a galut, torn between two cultures and longing for their roots.
Examples
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She felt like a galut after moving to a different country, missing her family and traditions.
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The American secular academy is, for Jews like myself, a peculiar kind of galut, exile.
Academic text (1993) -
As a galut, he often reflects on the life he left behind in his homeland.
Synonyms
exile
vsgalut
87
4.9
A person who lives away from their home country, often for political or personal reasons
is focused on living away from homeland rather than reasons for leaving
displaced person
vsgalut
10
5.3
A person forced to leave their home or country because it is not safe
means living away from community even when caused by recent danger or conflict
émigré
vsgalut
5
8.6
A person who left their country to live in another, often for political reasons
is about living away from homeland, not specifically about settling permanently
8.4
A person forced to leave their country, often for political or legal reasons
covers living away from homeland whether forced or voluntary
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Etymology
Galut comes from the Hebrew verb גלה, which meant 'to send away'. So a galut is a person who lives in 'exile', someone who must live away from their home or community.