diaspora meaning and definition

DIASPORA noun

Definition of diaspora (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)