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agora

/ˈæ.ɡə.ɹə/

agora noun: a place for gathering.

Noun (1)

agora (plural agorae or agorai or agoras)

  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.2011 September 27, Laini Taylor, Daughter of Smoke & Bone, →ISBN
  2. A marketplace, especially in Classical Greece.

Noun (2)

UK/ˌæɡ.əˈɹɑː/

agora (plural agorot or agoroth)

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

agora meaning in Urdu and Bengali

agora in Urdu

بازار, چوک

agora in Bengali

প্রাচীন গ্রিসের সভাস্থল, বাজার

Forms of agora

pluralagorae
pluralagorai
pluralagoras
pluralagorot
pluralagoroth

Origin of agora

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀγορά (agorá).

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

Questions about agora

What does agora mean?
Agora means a place for gathering.
What is agora in Urdu?
Agora in Urdu is بازار, چوک. See Agora meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is agora?
Agora is a noun.
How do you pronounce agora?
Agora is pronounced /ˈæ.ɡə.ɹə/ (UK).
What is the plural of agora?
The plural of agora is agorae.

Words near agora in the dictionary

  1. agony-pipes
  2. Agoo
  3. agood
  4. Agopian
  5. Agopians
  6. agora
  7. agorae
  8. agorah
  9. agorai
  10. agoranome
  11. agoranomes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: agora (page history and authors); agora (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); agora (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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