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Yes. The word diaspora is a Scrabble US word. The word diaspora is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word diaspora is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

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8-letter words (1 found)

DIASPORA,

7-letter words (3 found)

APORIAS,PARADOS,SPAROID,

6-letter words (7 found)

APORIA,AROIDS,POSADA,RADIOS,RAPIDS,SPARID,SPRAID,

5-letter words (50 found)

ADIOS,AIDAS,AIDOS,APAID,APODS,ARIAS,AROID,ARPAS,ASPRO,DARIS,DIPSO,DOPAS,DORIS,DORPS,DORSA,DOSAI,DRAPS,DRIPS,DROPS,PADIS,PADRI,PAIRS,PAISA,PARAS,PARDI,PARDS,PARIS,PODIA,PRADS,PRAOS,PROAS,PRODS,PSOAI,PSORA,RADIO,RAIAS,RAIDS,RAPID,RIADS,ROADS,ROIDS,SAPID,SAPOR,SAROD,SOPRA,SORDA,SPADO,SPARD,SPRAD,SPROD,

4-letter words (81 found)

ADOS,AIAS,AIDA,AIDS,AIRS,APOD,APOS,APSO,ARDS,ARIA,ARID,ARIS,ARPA,ASAR,DAIS,DAPS,DARI,DIPS,DISA,DOPA,DOPS,DORP,DORS,DOSA,DRAP,DRIP,DROP,OARS,ODAS,OPAS,ORAD,ORDS,OSAR,PADI,PADS,PAID,PAIR,PAIS,PARA,PARD,PARS,PIAS,PIRS,PISO,POAS,PODS,POIS,PRAD,PRAO,PROA,PROD,PROS,RADS,RAIA,RAID,RAIS,RAPS,RASP,RIAD,RIAS,RIDS,RIPS,RISP,ROAD,RODS,ROID,SADI,SADO,SAID,SAIR,SARD,SARI,SIDA,SOAP,SOAR,SODA,SORA,SORD,SORI,SPAR,SPOD,

3-letter words (61 found)

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2-letter words (21 found)

AA,AD,AI,AR,AS,DA,DI,DO,ID,IO,IS,OD,OI,OP,OR,OS,PA,PI,PO,SI,SO,

You can make 224 words from diaspora according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of diaspora

diaspora

Alternative forms

  • Diaspora (in certain senses)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek διασπορᾱ́ (diasporā́, “dispersion”), from διασπείρω (diaspeírō, “to scatter”), from δια- (dia-, prefix indicating motion across or in all directions) + σπείρω (speírō, “to sow”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /daɪˈæs.pə.ɹə/, /daɪˈæs.pɹə/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /daɪˈæs.pɚ.ə/, /daɪˈæs.pɹə/, /diˈæs.pɚ.ə/, /diˈæs.pɹə/
  • Hyphenation: di‧a‧spo‧ra

Noun

diaspora (plural diasporas or diasporae or diasporai)

  1. (historical) The dispersion of the Jews among the Gentiles after the Babylonian captivity (6th century BCE).
  2. (by extension) Any similar dispersion.
  3. (collective) A group so dispersed, especially Jews outside of the land of Israel.
  4. The regions where such a dispersed group (especially the Jews) resides, taken collectively.
  5. Any dispersion of an originally homogeneous entity, such as a language or culture.

Derived terms

  • Afrodiaspora
  • diasporal
  • diasporan

Translations

References

Further reading

  • diaspora on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Jewish diaspora on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • “diaspora”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
  • diaspora in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
  • “diaspora”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Esperanto

Etymology

From diasporo +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [diasˈpora]
  • Rhymes: -ora
  • Hyphenation: di‧as‧po‧ra

Adjective

diaspora (accusative singular diasporan, plural diasporaj, accusative plural diasporajn)

  1. diasporic

Finnish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek διασπορᾱ́ (diasporā́).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdiɑˌsporɑ/, [ˈdiɑ̝ˌs̠po̞rɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -orɑ
  • Syllabification(key): di‧a‧spo‧ra

Noun

diaspora

  1. diaspora

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “diaspora”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

Anagrams

  • rapsodia

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /djas.pɔ.ʁa/

Noun

diaspora f (plural diasporas)

  1. diaspora

Further reading

  • “diaspora”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

  • parodias

Indonesian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek διασπορά (diasporá, “dispersion”), from διασπείρω (diaspeírō, “to scatter”), from δια- (dia-, prefix indicating motion across or in all directions) + σπείρω (speírō, “to sow”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [diasˈpora]
  • Hyphenation: di‧as‧po‧ra

Noun

diaspora (first-person possessive diasporaku, second-person possessive diasporamu, third-person possessive diasporanya)

  1. (politics, government) diaspora.

Further reading

  • “diaspora” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /diˈa.spo.ra/, /ˈdja.spo.ra/
  • Rhymes: -aspora
  • Hyphenation: di‧à‧spo‧ra, dià‧spo‧ra

Noun

diaspora f (plural diaspore)

  1. diaspora (all senses)

References

Anagrams

  • Paradiso, paradiso, rapsodia

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

diaspora c

  1. diaspora (all senses)

Declension

References

  • diaspora in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • diaspora in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • diaspora in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

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