diaspora
di·a·spo·ra/daɪˈæs.pɚ.ə/noun
diaspora is spelled D-I-A-S-P-O-R-A: 8 letters and 4 syllables (di·a·spo·ra). It appears 2.8 times per million words in written English, the 16,005th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, diaspora means “The dispersion of a group in a manner comparable to that of the Jews among the Gentiles after the Babylonian captivity (6th century BCE)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of diaspora is diasporas or diasporae.
How many letters and syllables are in diaspora?
| Letters | 8: D-I-A-S-P-O-R-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4: di·a·spo·ra |
| In writing | 2.8 times per million words; the 16,005th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is diaspora?
Diaspora appears 2.8 times per million words in written English, the 16,005th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce diaspora?
- UK /daɪˈæs.pə.ɹə/
- UK /daɪˈæs.pɹə/
- US /daɪˈæs.pɚ.ə/
Diaspora has 4 syllables, split di·a·spo·ra in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-diaspora.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of diaspora
- diasporas plural
- diasporae plural
- diasporai plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does diaspora mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The dispersion of a group in a manner comparable to that of the Jews among the Gentiles after the Babylonian captivity (6th century BCE).
The African diaspora caused a melding of cultures, both African cultures and Western ones, in many places.
- 2
informalJews outside of the land of Israel.
- 3
The regions where such a dispersed group (especially the Jews) resides, taken collectively.
Jews in the diaspora often have a different perspective on anti-Semitism than Israeli Jews.
- 4
Any dispersion of an originally homogeneous entity, such as a language or culture.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Diaspora in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does diaspora come from?
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek διασπορᾱ́ (diasporā́, “dispersion”), from διασπείρω (diaspeírō, “to scatter”), from δια- (dia-, prefix indicating motion across or in all directions) + σπείρω (speírō, “to sow”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).