Diaspora

[daɪ'æsp(ə)rə] or [daɪ'æspərə]

Definition

(noun.) the dispersion or spreading of something that was originally localized (as a people or language or culture).

(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.

(noun.) the body of Jews (or Jewish communities) outside Palestine or modern Israel.

Checker: Ramona--From WordNet

Definition

n. dispersion used collectively for the dispersed Jews after the Babylonian captivity and also in the apostolic age for the Jews living outside of Palestine.

Edited by Kathleen