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Diaspora
Diaspora Di*as"po*ra, n. [Gr. ?. See Diaspore.] Lit., ``Dispersion.' -- applied collectively: (a) To those Jews who, after the Exile, were scattered through the Old World, and afterwards to Jewish Christians living among heathen. Cf. --James i. 1. (b) By extension, to Christians isolated from their own communion, as among the Moravians to those living, usually as missionaries, outside of the parent congregation.

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- A diaspora (/daɪˈæspərə/ dy-ASP-ər-ə) is a po****tion that is scattered across regions which are separate from its geographic place of origin. The word...
- The African diaspora is the worldwide collection of communities descended from people from Africa. The term most commonly refers to the descendants of...
- The Jewish diaspora (Hebrew: גוֹלָה gōlā), alternatively the dispersion (תְּפוּצָה təfūṣā) or the exile (גָּלוּת gālūṯ; Yiddish: גלות gōləs), consists...
- referred to the Jewish diaspora. Diaspora may also refer to: Any particular diaspora. See List of diasporas Diaspora politics Diaspora politics in the United...
- Bihari diaspora Gujarati diaspora Kashmiri diaspora Marathi diaspora Mizo diaspora Odia diaspora Punjabi diaspora Sindhi diaspora South Indian diaspora Malayali...
- Diaspora studies is an academic field established in the late 20th century to study dis****d ethnic po****tions, which are often termed diaspora peoples...
- Lebanese diaspora refers to Lebanese migrants and their descendants who emigrated from Lebanon and now reside in other countries. There are more people...
- The Armenian diaspora refers to the communities of Armenians outside Armenia and other locations where Armenians are considered an indigenous po****tion...
- The Moluccan diaspora (Indonesian: Diaspora Maluku) refers to overseas Indonesians of Moluccan birth or descent living outside Indonesia. The most significant...
- The Moroccan diaspora (Arabic: الجالية المغربية), part of the wider Arab diaspora, consists of emigrants from Morocco and their descendants. An estimated...