n. | 1. | Lit., "Dispersion." - applied collectively: ( |
Noun | 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) |