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Diaspora (iou)



Diaspora noun. Also diaspora. L19.
[Greek, from diaspeirein disperse, formed as DIA-1 + speirein sow, scatter.]
The dispersion of Jews among the Gentile nations; all those Jews who live outside the biblical land of Israel; (the situation of) any body of people living outside their traditional homeland.
Observer The famine, the Diaspora and the long hatred of Irish Americans for Britain.
? The term originated in Deuteronomy 28:25 (Septuagint).