Stagira

[ stuh-jahy-ruh ]

noun

1. an ancient town in NE Greece, in Macedonia on the E Chalcidice peninsula: birthplace of Aristotle.

Stagira

/ stəˈdʒaɪrə /

noun

1. an ancient city on the coast of Chalcidice in Macedonia: the birthplace of Aristotle

Example Sentences

Now the Philosopher of Stagira supposes that there are two kinds of Act, the permanent act and the successive act.

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During the latter part of the time, at least, Aristotle and Alexander seem to have lived at Stagira.

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His second wife was Herpylis, a native of Stagira, by whom he had a son, called Nicomachus.

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To his wife Herpylis he leaves the choice of two houses, the one in Chalcis, the other at Stagira.

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On the whole, however, he adhered to the Greek city-state (πόλις), partly perhaps out of patriotism to his own Stagira.

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