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English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek δῐᾰσποραί (diasporaí), plural of δῐᾰσπορᾱ́ (diasporā́).
Noun
diasporai
- plural of diaspora
1989, Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society, page 348, column 2:We would, of course, dearly like to know how models of ‘gateway communities’, ‘trading diasporai’, and other matters relate to the situation as far as Mycenaean trade is concerned, and Smith makes some intelligent noises in this respect; not surprisingly, this is uphill work, in the absence of fuller sources.
1992, “Nancie L. Gonzalez”, in Guide to Specialists: 1992–93, United States Institute of Peace, page 16:The author of numerous books and articles on Hispanic and black minority populations in the Western Hemisphere, Gonzalez has focused much of her research on the social and political implications of population dislocation and diasporai caused by conflict.
1994, Michael George Hanchard, “Chapter One: Racial Politics”, in Orpheus and Power: The Movimento Negro of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, Brazil, 1945–1988, Princeton University Press, →ISBN, “The Afro-Brazilian”, page 24:Diasporai have existed in history far longer than nation-states, yet confound most social scientists because they are neither spatially nor temporally fixed.