Meanings
agora1
plural agorae · plural agorai · plural agoras
- 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 - A marketplace, especially in Classical Greece.
agora2
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna place of assembly for the people in ancient Greece
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
agora · noun
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ger-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂goréh₂
- Proto-Hellenic*agorā́
- Ancient Greekἀγορά (agorá)
- Englishagora
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀγορά (agorá).
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Full word history & related roots →agora · noun
- Hebrewאֲגוֹרָה
- Englishagora
From Hebrew אֲגוֹרָה (agorá), from the root א־ג־ר (ʾ-g-r, “forming words relating to hoarding and storing”).
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek ἀγορά, ἀγορά
- ἀγορά (agorá)a place for gathering
- ἀγορά (agorá)a marketplace
Catalan àgora
- àgoraa marketplace
Czech shromaždiště
- shromaždištěa place for gathering
Finnish kokouspaikka, tori
- kokouspaikkaa place for gathering
- toria marketplace
- agoraa marketplace
German Agora
- Agoraa place for gathering
Hebrew אֲגוֹרָה
- אֲגוֹרָהmonetary unit or coin of Israel
Icelandic samkomustaður, markaðstorg
- samkomustaðura place for gathering
- markaðstorga marketplace
Italian agora, agora
- agoraa place for gathering
- agoraa marketplace
Polish agora, agora
- agoraa place for gathering
- agoraa marketplace
- agoramonetary unit or coin of Israel
Portuguese ágora
- ágoraa marketplace
Spanish ágora, ágora
- ágoraa place for gathering
- ágoraa marketplace
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Cite this entry
agora. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/agora
“agora.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/agora. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “agora,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/agora.
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