noun. The dispersion of the Jews among the Gentiles after the Captivity.

noun. Any similar dispersion.

noun. A group so dispersed, especially Jews outside of the land of Israel.

noun. The regions where such a dispersed group (especially the Jews) resides, taken collectively.

noun. Any dispersion of an originally homogeneous entity, such as a language or culture.

"Nilufer Bharucha, faculty in the department of English and project coordinator, explained that the term diaspora means to be scattered or dispersed across national boundaries, and has been self-consciously used today by postcolonial theorists to describe those who got displaced from their home owing to colonial politics and post-colonial economic realities."