megaron

American  

[meg-uh-ron] / ˈmɛg əˌrɒn /

noun

plural

megara, megarons

1. 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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megaron British  

/ ˈmɛɡəˌrɒn /

noun

1. a tripartite rectangular room containing a central hearth surrounded by four pillars, found in Bronze Age Greece and Asia Minor

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Etymology

Origin of megaron

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