diaspora

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun the body of Jews (or Jewish communities) outside Palestine or modern Israel
  2. 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
  3. noun the dispersion or spreading of something that was originally localized (as a people or language or culture)

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