agora
pronunciation
How to pronounce agora in British English:
UK [ˈægɒrə]
How to pronounce agora in American English:
US [ˈægərə]
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- Noun:
- 100 agorot equal 1 shekel
- the marketplace in ancient Greece
- a place of assembly for the people in ancient Greece
Word Origin
- agora (n.)
- "assembly place," 1590s, from Greek agora "open space" (typically a marketplace), from ageirein "to assemble," from PIE root *ger- "to gather" (see gregarious).
Example
- 1. No longer do people have to gather round the agora to do their business .
- 2. The agora is a naturally lit double height space which facilitates a number of distinct learning environments and pods .
- 3. If a stoneworker , then presumably he spent his early years as a laborer , schlepping from nazareth to the grand greco-roman city of sepphoris , nearby , to help build its walls and perhaps visit its theatre and agora .
- 4. Christians have gathered in the agora .
- 5. The athenian agora was his teaching room .