Diaspora

Other forms: Diasporas

Definitions of Diaspora
  1. noun
    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
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    type of:
    dispersion, scattering
    spreading widely or driving off
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