"diaspora" in the noun sense
1. diaspora
the body of Jews (or Jewish communities) outside Palestine or modern Israel
2. Diaspora
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
3. diaspora
the dispersion or spreading of something that was originally localized (as a people or language or culture)
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