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megaron

Syllables: meg·a·ron/ˈmɛɡəɹɒn/US/ˈmɛɡəɹɑn/

megaron noun: the rectangular great hall in a Mycenaean building, usually supported with pillars.

megaron: the rectangular great hall in a Mycenaean building, usually supported with pillars
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Noun

megaron (plural megara or megarons)

  1. (historical, Ancient Greece) The rectangular great hall in a Mycenaean building, usually supported with pillars.
    • The megara faced north (“notebook north” equals true northeast) in the first court behind the archaic East Gate, similar in layout to their predecessors Megara 1 and 2 in the pre-Kimmerian East Court. Megaron C had gone through a period of use and a complete reconstruction before the Painted House...1980, Machteld J. Mellink, “VII. Archaic Wall Paintings from Gordion”, in Keith DeVries, editor, From Athens to Gordion: The Papers of a Memorial Symposium for Rodney S. Young, page 91
    • The megaron is a hall building with an open-fronted porch, but this porch is not just any laterally confined space.1985, G. R. H. Wright, Ancient Building in South Syria and Palestine, page 141

megaron meaning in Arabic

megaron in Arabic

Mycenean rectangular hall
مِيغَارُون mīḡārūn

Examples of megaron in a sentence

  • Megaron C had gone through a period of use and a complete reconstruction before the Painted House was built.1980, Machteld J. Mellink, “VII. Archaic Wall Paintings from Gordion”, in Keith DeVries, editor, From Athens to Gordion: The Papers of a...
  • Probably he points out that the east room, used as oikos, is wider and shorter than the classical narrow and long megaron form.2011, H. Gönül, “Main topics and discussions on ancient Greek Architecture on West Anatolia”, in C. A. Brebbia, L. Binda, editors...

Forms of megaron

pluralmegara
pluralmegarons

Origin of megaron

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek μέγαρον (mégaron).

Questions about megaron

What does megaron mean?
Megaron means the rectangular great hall in a Mycenaean building, usually supported with pillars.
What is megaron in Arabic?
Megaron in Arabic is مِيغَارُون (mīḡārūn). See Megaron meaning in Arabic.
How do you use megaron in a sentence?
Megaron C had gone through a period of use and a complete reconstruction before the Painted House was built.
What part of speech is megaron?
Megaron is a noun.
How do you pronounce megaron?
Megaron is pronounced /ˈmɛɡəɹɒn/ (UK).
What is the plural of megaron?
The plural of megaron is megara.

Words near megaron in the dictionary

  1. Megaric
  2. megarich
  3. Megarics
  4. megaripple
  5. megaripples
  6. megaron
  7. megarons
  8. megas
  9. megasample
  10. megasamples
  11. megasatellite

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