agora

[ ag-er-uh ]

/ ˈæg ər ə /

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noun, plural ag·o·rae

[ag-uh-ree]. /ˈæg əˌri/. (in ancient Greece)

a popular political assembly.

the place where such an assembly met, originally a marketplace or public square.

the Ag·o·ra, the chief marketplace of Athens, center of the city's civic life.

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Origin of agora

First recorded in 1590–1600; from Greek agorā́ “assembly (of the common people, not the nobility), marketplace,” derivative of ageírein “to gather together”

Words nearby agora

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Other definitions for agora (2 of 2)

agora²

[ ah-gawr-uh, -gohr-uh; Sephardic Hebrew ah-gaw-rah ]

/ ɑˈgɔr ə, -ˈgoʊr ə; Sephardic Hebrew ɑ gɔˈrɑ /

noun, plural a·go·rot

[ah-gawr-oht, -gohr-; Sephardic Hebrew ah-gaw-rawt]. /ɑˈgɔr oʊt, -ˈgoʊr-; Sephardic Hebrew ɑ gɔˈrɔt/.

an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Israel, one 100th of a shekel: replaced the prutah as the fractional unit in 1960.

Also a·gu·ra

[ah-gawr-uh, -gohr-uh; Sephardic Hebrew ah-gaw-rah] /ɑˈgɔr ə, -ˈgoʊr ə; Sephardic Hebrew ɑ gɔˈrɑ/ .

Origin of agora

First recorded in 1960–65; from Hebrew ăgōrāh “coin, payment,” from āgār “to hire”

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How to use agora in a sentence

You see, the internet, the agora where there’s no field of endeavor obscure enough that YOUR opinion is not only requested but desired, has created monsters.
BusyBodyism: The Internet Brew of Whiteness and Class|Eugene Robinson|September 26, 2020|Ozy
We find the same ideas to spring up in the agora of Athens, the wilds and snows of Norway, and the heathers and hills of Scotland.
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 2, August, 1862|Various
Even in the Homeric State there was a council of elders and an assembly of freemen—an agora—in addition to the king.
Elements of Folk Psychology|Wilhelm Wundt
As the crowd from the Agora also poured forth, Antonius was finally left on the tribunal sitting alone.
Plutarch's Lives, Volume IV|Aubrey Stewart

All purchases and exchanges are to be made in the agora, and paid for on the spot; the law will not allow credit to be given.
Laws|Plato
And so Theramenes was dragged through the Agora, in vehement and loud tones proclaiming the wrongs that he was suffering.
Hellenica|Xenophon

British Dictionary definitions for agora (1 of 2)

agora¹

/ (ˈæɡərə) /

noun plural -rae (-riː, -raɪ)

(often capital)

the marketplace in Athens, used for popular meetings, or any similar place of assembly in ancient Greece
the meeting itself

Word Origin for agora

from Greek, from agorein to gather

British Dictionary definitions for agora (2 of 2)

agora²

/ (ˌæɡəˈrɑː) /

noun plural -rot (-ˈrɒt)

an Israeli monetary unit worth one hundredth of a shekel

Word Origin for agora

Hebrew, from āgōr to collect

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