diasporai
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "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."
- "Diasporai have existed in history far longer than nation-states, yet confound most social scientists because they are neither spatially nor temporally fixed."
Etymology
From Ancient Greek δῐᾰσποραί (dĭăsporaí), plural of δῐᾰσπορᾱ́ (dĭăsporā́).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: δῐᾰσποραί