English noun: diaspora | |||
| 1. | diaspora (group) the body of Jews (or Jewish communities) outside Palestine or modern Israel | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | body | ||
| 2. | Diaspora (event) the dispersion of the Jews outside Israel; from the destruction of the temple in Jerusalem in 587-86 BC when they were exiled to Babylonia up to the present time | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | dispersion, scattering | ||
| 3. | diaspora (attribute) the dispersion or spreading of something that was originally localized (as a people or language or culture) | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | dispersion, distribution | ||