diaspora

/daɪˈæspɚə/ · 4 syllables

Meaning

noun

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