diaspora

n. a group of people who live outside their original homeland but keep their cultural connections.

n. the collective body of people who have migrated away from their ancestral homeland while maintaining cultural or emotional ties to it.

“The Irish diaspora has had a huge influence on music and culture in the United States.”

“Scholars often study how the African diaspora has shaped the political and social landscapes of the Caribbean and South America.”

Academic

n. the movement or spreading of a group of people or a culture away from its starting point.

n. the process of dispersion of an originally homogeneous entity, such as a language, religion, or ethnic group.

“The diaspora of Greek culture occurred throughout the Mediterranean in ancient times.”

“The rapid diaspora of tech workers from Silicon Valley to smaller cities has changed the local economy in those regions.”

Academic

n. the historical spreading of Jewish people away from Israel.

n. the historical dispersion of the Jewish people from the land of Israel, or the collective body of Jews living outside of Israel.

“Many families in the Jewish diaspora still follow traditions that are centuries old.”

“The Babylonian captivity is often cited as the beginning of the Jewish Diaspora in the ancient world.”

Formal