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diaspora

di.as.po.ra \di--'as-p(*-)r*\ n [Gk, dispersion, fr. diaspeirein to 
   scatter, fr. dia- + speirein] to sow cap  1a: the settling of scattered 
   colonies of Jews outside Palestine after the  Babylonian exile 1b: the area 
   outside Palestine settled by Jews  1c: the Jews living outside Palestine or 
   modern Israel  2: a dispersion abroad