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diasupora · /di.a.sɯ.po.ɾa/
ディアスポラ
diasupora/di.a.sɯ.po.ɾa/noun
a community scattered away from an ancestral homeland
祖先の地を離れて散らばって暮らす共同体
The word is not only Korean; any scattered homeland community can be a diaspora.
韓国系だけを指す語ではなく、故郷から散った共同体全般に使う。
Examples
Historians study the Armenian diaspora that formed in the early twentieth century.
The Korean diaspora in Los Angeles still runs weekend language schools for children.
Members of the diaspora send money home and vote in homeland elections from abroad.
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