Agora

Word AGORA
Character 5
Hyphenation ag o ra
Pronunciations /ˈæ.ɡə.ɹə/

Definitions and meanings of "Agora"

What do we mean by agora?

A place for gathering.

A marketplace, especially in Classical Greece.

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The word "agora" in example sentences

The word agora means "marketplace," and phobia means "fear" in Greek, so it is a fear of the market, which largely affects a huge population of hikikomori. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Cyrus the Great of Persia, for example, had once dismissed the Spartan army by saying that Greeks were men who set aside a place in the center of town where they could swear oaths and cheat each other, referring to the agora. ❋ Barry Strauss (2004)

With true aristocratic nonchalance, its dark interior resembled, not black broadcloth and leather, but a kind of agora, so littered was every surface with the hairs of her pack of King Charles spaniels. ❋ Unknown (2009)

If he is right, then I fell into the trap myself, by using the word "agora" marketplace earlier. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The agora was a classical city’s principal marketplace. ❋ Robert B. Strassler (2003)

The agora was a city’s main square for commercial, social, and political activity. ❋ Robert B. Strassler (2003)

The agora was a classical city’s principal market place—its center for commercial, social, and political activity. ❋ Robert B. Strassler (2003)

Of course, there are very few cities in the US where the "agora" atmosphere still exists. ❋ Unknown (2010)

He grew up in Greece, where daily outdoor "agora" markets anchor commerce and community in towns and villages. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Less a drawing room than a market or "agora"—although the city's marketplace was officially moved to the Campo dei' Fiori in 1869—it has a history of its own that includes and surpasses its individual parts. ❋ Willard Spiegelman (2011)

The polis itself has been claimed in the past few decades as a Near Eastern, or Phoenician, invention; Carthage too, it seems, had an agora at its hub. ❋ James Romm (2012)

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