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diaspora

di·as·po·ra [ dī áspərə ]


noun 
Definition:
 
scattering of language, culture, or people: a dispersion of a people, language, or culture that was formerly concentrated in one place
the African diaspora

[Late 19th century. < Greek< diaspeirein "disperse" < speirein "sow, scatter"]
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