different between diaspora vs citizen

English

Alternative forms

• Diaspora (in certain senses)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???????? (diasporá, “dispersion”), from ????????? (diaspeír?, “to scatter”), from ???- (diá-, prefix indicating motion across or in all directions) + ?????? (speír?, “to sow”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /da??æsp???/, /da??æsp??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /da??æsp???/, /da??æsp??/, /di?æsp???/, /di?æsp??/
• 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 B.C.E.).
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 at 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.

Esperanto

Etymology

From diasporo +? -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dias?pora/
• Hyphenation: di?as?po?ra
• Rhymes: -ora

Adjective

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

1. diasporic

Finnish

(index d)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?di??spor?/, [?di??s?po?r?]
• Rhymes: -or?
• Syllabification: di?a?spo?ra

Noun

diaspora

1. diaspora

Declension

Derived terms

• diasporaseurakunta

Anagrams

• rapsodia

French

Noun

diaspora f (plural diasporas)

1. diaspora

Further reading

• “diaspora” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• parodias

Indonesian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???????? (diasporá, “dispersion”), from ????????? (diaspeír?, “to scatter”), from ???- (diá-, prefix indicating motion across or in all directions) + ?????? (speír?, “to sow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dias?pora]
• 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 (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Noun

diaspora f (plural diaspore)

1. diaspora (all senses)

Anagrams

• Paradiso, paradiso, rapsodia

English

Alternative forms

• cytesin (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English citeseyn, citezein, borrowed from Anglo-Norman citesain (“burgher; city-dweller”), citezein &c., probably a variant of cithein under influence of deinzein (“denizen”), from Anglo-Norman and Old French citeain &c. and citaien, citeien &c. ("burgher"; modern French citoyen), from cité ("settlement; cathedral city, city"; modern French cité) + -ain or -ien (“-an, -ian”). See city and hewe.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?s?t?z?n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?s?t?z?n/, /?s?t?s?n/

Noun

citizen (plural citizens)

1. A resident of a city or town, especially one with legally-recognized rights or duties. [from 14th c.]

   Synonyms: burgess, burgher, cityite, freeman

   Hyponyms: citess, (female) citizeness
2. A legally-recognized member of a state, with associated rights and obligations; a person considered in terms of this role. [from 14th c.]
   • 1990, House of Cards, Season 1, Episode 4:

     Assistant: You'll meet with the managing director and Dr Sinita Brahmachari, the engineer who designed the chair.
     Peter Mackenzie: Indian, is he?
     Assistant: She is a British citizen, Minister. Born in Coventry.

   I am a Roman citizen.

   Synonyms: countryman, national

   Antonyms: alien, illegal alien, foreigner, (colloquial) illegal

   Hyponyms: first-class citizen, second-class citizen, third-class citizen, native, naturalized citizen, senior citizen

3. An inhabitant or occupant: a member of any place. [from 14th c.]
   • 1979 October, Boys' Life, p. 33:

     A jellyfish... carries poison cells that can sting other citizens of the sea.

   Synonyms: denizen, local, inhabitant, native, occupant, resident

   Antonyms: alien, outsider, stranger

4. (Christianity) A resident of the heavenly city or (later) of the kingdom of God: a Christian; a good Christian. [from 15th c.]
5. A civilian, as opposed to a police officer, soldier, or member of some other specialized (usually state) group. [from 16th c.]
6. (obsolete) An ordinary person, as opposed to nobles and landed gentry on one side and peasants, craftsmen, and laborers on the other. [17th–19th c.]
   • 1782, Frances Burney, Cecilia, III.v.6:

     [W]ould Mr. Delvile, who hardly ever spoke but to the high-born, without seeming to think his dignity somewhat injured, deign to receive for a daughter in law the child of a citizen and tradesman?

7. (now historical, usually capitalized) A term of address among French citizens during the French Revolution or towards its supporters elsewhere; (later, dated) a term of address among socialists and communists. [from 18th c.]

   Synonym: (term of address among communists) comrade

8. (computing) An object.

   Hyponyms: first-class citizen, second-class citizen, third-class citizen

Synonyms

• burgess
• burgher
• denizen
• townsman, townswoman

Antonyms

• (resident of a city): countryfolk, country gentleman, countryman, peasant, villager

Hyponyms

• (person who is legally recognized as a member or resident): first-class citizen, second-class citizen, third-class citizen

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

References

• Oxford English Dictionary, 3rd ed. "citizen, n. and adj." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 2014.

Anagrams

• zincite