diasporae

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δῐᾰσποραί (diasporaí), plural of δῐᾰσπορᾱ́ (diasporā́).

Noun

diasporae

1. plural of diaspora
   • 1928, S. Angus, The Mystery-Religions: A Study in the Religious Background of Early Christianity, republication of the second edition, Dover Publications, →ISBN, page 17:

     From this time date the diasporae of all the Eastern peoples—Jews, Syrians, Persians, Egyptians—which became so active in proselytizing propaganda in the Roman Empire.

   • 1942, C. A. Macartney, “Chap. I. The Danube Valley”, in Problems of the Danube Basin, Cambridge at the Cambridge University Press, page 5:

     Several of the nations consist solely of diasporae.

   • 1966, Publishers Weekly, volume 189, page 81, column 2:

     Beginning in antiquity, it narrates wars, wanderings, the diasporae, rebellions, persecutions, individual and collective triumphs and survivals.

Anagrams

• adiaspore