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diaspora

[dahy-as-per-uh, dee-] / daɪˈæs pər ə, di- /
NOUN
the spreading out of a group of people
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She lives in Montreal which has a large Moroccan diaspora of about 104,000 people, according to the 2016 census.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

While studying history in Switzerland, home to a large Albanian diaspora, he became frustrated with the policy of peaceful resistance espoused by the late Kosovo president Ibrahim Rugova.

From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026

The U.S. has provided Jews with the most welcoming home, apart from Israel, that they have known through their long diaspora.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

The Chinese operation also undertook a campaign of mass reporting and bot-network amplification against journalists from the Uyghur diaspora, according to Anthropic.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

The black diaspora was not just our own world but, in so many ways, the Western world itself.

From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Excitement for the global soccer spectacle has progressively waned as countries with large diasporas in the city -- like Mexico and Egypt -- have been ejected.

From Barron's ● Jul. 19, 2026

The move hits at the heart of Minnesota’s Somali-American community, one of the largest Somali diasporas in the country.

From Salon ● Nov. 22, 2025

She’s made waves with No Nazar, a DJ collective she co-founded that hosts parties across the country that highlight the music of the Caribbean and African diasporas.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2024

It was these diasporas that would offer a foothold to the game in America.

From BBC ● May 29, 2024

Money brokers are part of large Chinese diasporas in places like Europe, the United States and Latin America.

From Reuters ● Apr. 6, 2023




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