iaspora: any group migration or flight from a country or region; dispersion. Originally, the scattering of the Jews to countries outside of Palestine after the Babylonian captivity.
I have come across this word in a few places recently, so decided to use it for this week's word...
As in Picture #2 on NPR's the picture show blog from last week.
And here, in a guest blog post on PostBourgie about gentrification.
Definition via here.
Daily Drop Cap by Jessica Hische.
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