diaspora — meaning in English

English meaning

• diaspora noun A population that has spread out from its original homeland, and the dispersal itself — as in the African, Irish or Jewish diaspora.

Senses

diaspora is used for these senses in English:

• diaspora (collective) The dispersion of a group in a manner comparable to that of the Jews among the Gentiles after the Babylonian captivity (6th century BCE).
• diaspore (botany) seeds and fruit together regarded as a dispersal unit.

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