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Diasporas

The dispersion of the Jews among the Gentiles after the Babylonian captivity (6th century B.C.E.).

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noun
  1. 1

    The dispersion of the Jews among the Gentiles after the Babylonian captivity (6th century B.C.E.).

  2. 2

    (by extension) Any similar dispersion.

    "The African diaspora caused a melding of cultures, both African cultures and Western ones, in many places."

  3. 3

    (collective) A group so dispersed, especially Jews outside of the land of Israel.

  4. 4

    The regions where such a dispersed group (especially the Jews) resides, taken collectively.

    "Jews in the diaspora often have a different perspective of anti-Semitism from Israeli Jews."

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