diaspora

diaspora/djas.pɔ.ʁa/

noun

a community scattered away from an ancestral homeland

The word is not only Korean; any scattered homeland community can be a diaspora.

Examples

01
Les historiens étudient la diaspora arménienne formée au début du vingtième siècle.
Historians study the Armenian diaspora that formed in the early twentieth century.
02
La diaspora coréenne de Los Angeles tient encore des écoles de langue le samedi et le dimanche.
The Korean diaspora in Los Angeles still runs weekend language schools for children.
03
Les membres de la diaspora envoient de l'argent au pays et votent depuis l'étranger.
Members of the diaspora send money home and vote in homeland elections from abroad.

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