TopicGyopo
diasupora · /di.a.sɯ.po.ɾa/
ディアスポラ
/di.a.sɯ.po.ɾa/noun
a community scattered away from an ancestral homeland
The word is not only Korean; any scattered homeland community can be a diaspora.
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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