agora
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- noun
- /əˈɡɔrə/
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ágora
- The fifth-century Hephaisteion in the Agora in Athens exhibits the same muddle to modern eyes.
- agora, the meeting place
So, you know, the agora means the marketplace.
- So, you know, the agora means the marketplace.
Examples
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Like a modern agora, the learning commons is a place for our community to gather, learn, work, create, socialize, collaborate, and communicate.
Academic text (2012) -
Is it the agora in ancient Greece where people would go and buy and sell?
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I showed to you here a view from Google Earth of the Greek agora as it looks from the air today.
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The agora, after all, was that ancient place where words, goods, and money were exchanged.
Academic text (1992) -
In ancient Greece and Rome, citizens gathered in the central square, or agora, to discuss complex issues.
Blog text (34) -
Near the old agora, a herder was taking her goats home.
Academic text (1998) -
Mantinea's classical agora, with traces of lost temples, is just beyond a small ancient theater pocketed in a slope.
Academic text (1998) -
Prominently displayed in the agora of Abdera in Thrace, there was an inscribed stone stele.
Blog text (2) -
In ancient Greece, the agora was the central place where citizens gathered for markets and discussions.
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The vibrant agora of Athens served as a meeting point for philosophers, traders, and citizens alike.
How Public
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word agora comes from ancient Greek agora, meaning 'gathering' or 'market', a public place where people met, talked and traded. That's why an agora is an open public space for meetings and markets, and you can see the same root in agoraphobia, the fear of open public places.