diaspora
English
editAlternative forms
edit- Diaspora (in certain senses)
Etymology
editFrom Ancient Greek διασπορᾱ́ (diasporā́, “dispersion”), from διασπείρω (diaspeírō, “to scatter”), from δια- (dia-, prefix indicating motion across or in all directions) σπείρω (speírō, “to sow”).
Pronunciation
edit- (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 (General American): (file)
- Hyphenation: di‧a‧spo‧ra
Noun
editdiaspora (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.
- 2023 July 12, Paul Clifton, “Network News: Saved: Trust protects Adrian Shooter's legacy”, in RAIL, number 987, page 29:
- We're going to use her to train young people in the skills of maintaining these machines, and encourage the Indian diaspora in this country to get involved in our hobby of steam railways.
- (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
Derived terms
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References
edit- ^ “diaspora”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- ^ “diaspora”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
Further reading
edit- diaspora on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Jewish diaspora on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- “diaspora”, in 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, →OCLC.
Esperanto
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editAdjective
editdiaspora (accusative singular diasporan, plural diasporaj, accusative plural diasporajn)
Finnish
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek διασπορᾱ́ (diasporā́).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editdiaspora
Declension
editInflection 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 diasporain rare | |
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 | |
abessive | diasporatta | diasporitta | |
instructive | — | diasporin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “diaspora”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
Anagrams
editFrench
editPronunciation
editNoun
editdiaspora f (plural diasporas)
Further reading
edit- “diaspora”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
editIndonesian
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek διασπορά (diasporá, “dispersion”), from διασπείρω (diaspeírō, “to scatter”), from δια- (dia-, prefix indicating motion across or in all directions) σπείρω (speírō, “to sow”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editdiaspora (first-person possessive diasporaku, second-person possessive diasporamu, third-person possessive diasporanya)
Further reading
edit- “diaspora” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Italian
editPronunciation
editNoun
editdiaspora f (plural diaspore)
- diaspora (all senses)
References
edit- ^ diaspora in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Anagrams
editSwedish
editPronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Noun
editdiaspora c
- diaspora (all senses)
Declension
editReferences
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- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sper-
- English terms borrowed from Ancient Greek
- English terms derived from Ancient Greek
- English 4-syllable words
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- en:Human migration
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- Esperanto terms suffixed with -a
- Esperanto terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Esperanto/ora
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- Esperanto adjectives
- Finnish terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Finnish 4-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/orɑ
- Rhymes:Finnish/orɑ/4 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
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- Finnish koira-type nominals
- French 3-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
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- fr:Human migration
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- Rhymes:Italian/aspora
- Rhymes:Italian/aspora/4 syllables
- Rhymes:Italian/aspora/3 syllables
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