agora
1a 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.
Origin of agora
1Other definitions for agora (2 of 2)
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Israel, one 100th of a shekel: replaced the prutah as the fractional unit in 1960.
Origin of agora
2- Also a·gu·ra [ah-gawr-uh, -gohr-uh; Sephardic Hebrew ah-gaw-rah] /ɑˈgɔr ə, -ˈgoʊr ə; Sephardic Hebrew ɑ gɔˈrɑ/ .
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How to use agora in a sentence
Israeli women make seventy agorot for each shekel earned by men with the same qualifications.
British Dictionary definitions for agora (1 of 2)
/ (ˈæɡərə) /
(often capital)
the marketplace in Athens, used for popular meetings, or any similar place of assembly in ancient Greece
the meeting itself
Origin of agora
1British Dictionary definitions for agora (2 of 2)
/ (ˌæɡəˈrɑː) /
an Israeli monetary unit worth one hundredth of a shekel
Origin of agora
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