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agora

noun
/ˈæ.ɡə.ɹə/UK/ˌæɡ.əˈɹɑː/UK

Etymology

From Hebrew אֲגוֹרָה (agorá), from the root א־ג־ר (ʾ-g-r, “forming words relating to hoarding and storing”).

  1. learned borrowing from ἀγορά

Definitions

  1. A place for gathering.

    • The custom was to dance its length, moving from partner to masked partner all the way to the agora, the city’s gathering place.

  2. A marketplace, especially in Classical Greece.

  3. Since 1960, a monetary unit and coin of Israel, the 100th part of a shekel / sheqel.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA