diaspora
English
Alternative forms
- Diaspora (in certain senses)
Etymology
From Ancient Greek διασπορᾱ́ (diasporā́, “dispersion”), from διασπείρω (diaspeírō, “to scatter”), from διά- (diá-, prefix indicating motion across or in all directions) + σπείρω (speírō, “to sow”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /daɪˈæs.pə.ɹə/, /daɪˈæs.pɹə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /daɪˈæs.pɚ.ə/, /daɪˈæs.pɹə/, /diˈæs.pɚ.ə/, /diˈæs.pɹə/[1][2]
Audio (GA) (file)
- Hyphenation: di‧a‧spo‧ra
Noun
diaspora (plural diasporas or diasporae or diasporai)
- (historical) The dispersion of the Jews among the Gentiles after the Babylonian captivity (6th century BCE).
- (by extension) Any similar dispersion.
- The African diaspora caused a melding of cultures, both African cultures and Western ones, in many places.
- (collective) A group so dispersed, especially Jews outside of the land of Israel.
- The regions where such a dispersed group (especially the Jews) resides, taken collectively.
- Jews in the diaspora often have a different perspective on anti-Semitism from Israeli Jews.
- Any dispersion of an originally homogeneous entity, such as a language or culture.
- 1988, Joseph Foley, New Englishes: the case of Singapore, page 1:
- Small wonder that there should have been in recent years fresh talk of the diaspora of English into several mutually incomprehensible languages
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Derived terms
- Afrodiaspora
- diasporal
- diasporan
Translations
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References
- “diaspora”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
- “diaspora”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
Further reading
- diaspora on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Jewish diaspora on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- diaspora at OneLook Dictionary Search
- diaspora in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
- diaspora in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
Esperanto
Etymology
From diasporo + -a.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [diasˈpora]
- Rhymes: -ora
- Hyphenation: di‧as‧po‧ra
Adjective
diaspora (accusative singular diasporan, plural diasporaj, accusative plural diasporajn)
- diasporic
Finnish
Etymology
From Ancient Greek διασπορᾱ́ (diasporā́).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdiɑˌsporɑ/, [ˈdiɑˌs̠po̞rɑ]
- Rhymes: -orɑ
- Syllabification(key): di‧a‧spo‧ra
Noun
diaspora
- diaspora
Declension
Inflection of diaspora (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | diaspora | diasporat | |
genitive | diasporan | diasporien | |
partitive | diasporaa | diasporia | |
illative | diasporaan | diasporiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | diaspora | diasporat | |
accusative | nom. | diaspora | diasporat |
gen. | diasporan | ||
genitive | diasporan | diasporien diasporainrare | |
partitive | diasporaa | diasporia | |
inessive | diasporassa | diasporissa | |
elative | diasporasta | diasporista | |
illative | diasporaan | diasporiin | |
adessive | diasporalla | diasporilla | |
ablative | diasporalta | diasporilta | |
allative | diasporalle | diasporille | |
essive | diasporana | diasporina | |
translative | diasporaksi | diasporiksi | |
instructive | — | diasporin | |
abessive | diasporatta | diasporitta | |
comitative | — | diasporineen |
Possessive forms of diaspora (type koira) | ||
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possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | diasporani | diasporamme |
2nd person | diasporasi | diasporanne |
3rd person | diasporansa |
Derived terms
- diasporaseurakunta
Anagrams
- rapsodia
French
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Noun
diaspora f (plural diasporas)
- diaspora
Further reading
- “diaspora”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- parodias
Indonesian
Etymology
From Ancient Greek διασπορά (diasporá, “dispersion”), from διασπείρω (diaspeírō, “to scatter”), from διά- (diá-, prefix indicating motion across or in all directions) + σπείρω (speírō, “to sow”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [diasˈpora]
- Hyphenation: di‧as‧po‧ra
Noun
diaspora (first-person possessive diasporaku, second-person possessive diasporamu, third-person possessive diasporanya)
- (politics, government) diaspora.
Further reading
- “diaspora” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /diˈa.spo.ra/, /ˈdja.spo.ra/[1]
- Rhymes: -aspora
- Hyphenation: di‧à‧spo‧ra, dià‧spo‧ra
Noun
diaspora f (plural diaspore)
- diaspora (all senses)
References
- diaspora in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Anagrams
- Paradiso, paradiso, rapsodia