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agora
1[ 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
1First recorded in 1590–1600; from Greek agorā́ “assembly (of the common people, not the nobility), marketplace,” derivative of ageírein “to gather together”
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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
2First recorded in 1960–65; from Hebrew ăgōrāh “coin, payment,” from āgār “to hire”
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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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