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megaron

[ meg-uh-ron ]
/ ˈmɛg əˌrɒn /
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noun, plural meg·a·ra [meg-er-uh], /ˈmɛg ər ə/, meg·a·rons.(in pre-Hellenic Greek architecture)
a building or semi-independent unit of a building, generally used as a living apartment and typically having a square or broadly rectangular principal chamber with a porch, often of columns in antis, and sometimes an antichamber or other small compartments.
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Origin of megaron

First recorded in 1875–80, megaron is from the Greek word mégaron (in Homer) the principal living quarters of a palace

Words nearby megaron

megapode, megapolis, megaproject, Megara, Megaris, megaron, megascopic, megasporangium, megaspore, megaspore mother cell, megasporocyte
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How to use megaron in a sentence

  • They sleep mucho domou; that is, not in a separate recess in the house, but in a recess of the great hall or megaron.

    Homer and His Age|Andrew Lang

  • There can be little doubt that this circle indicates the position of the hearth in the centre of the megaron.

    Storyology|Benjamin Taylor

  • In the oldest time it was not only symbolically but actually the centre of the house, and especially of the megaron.

    Storyology|Benjamin Taylor

  • But if doma here be not equivalent to megaron, what room can it possibly be?

    Homer and His Age|Andrew Lang

British Dictionary definitions for megaron

megaron
/ (ˈmɛɡəˌrɒn) /
noun plural -ra (-rÉ™)
a tripartite rectangular room containing a central hearth surrounded by four pillars, found in Bronze Age Greece and Asia Minor

Word Origin for megaron

from Greek, literally: hall, from megas large
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