ágora

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See also: agora, Agora, agorá, and agorà

Portuguese

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓γορᾱ́ (agorā́).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ágora f (plural ágoras)

  1. (Ancient Greece, historical) agora (public square in ancient Greek cities, generally quadrangular in shape, which was used mainly as a meeting place and market)
  2. (Ancient Greece, historical) agora (popular assembly, in ancient Greece)

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Not to be confused with agora.

Further reading

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Spanish

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Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀγορά (agorá, assembly, place of assembly, market), from ἀγείρω (ageírō, to gather).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈaɡoɾa/ [ˈa.ɣ̞o.ɾa]
  • Audio (Spain):(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɡoɾa
  • Syllabification: á‧go‧ra

Noun

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ágora f (plural ágoras)

  1. (historical) agora

Usage notes

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  • Feminine nouns beginning with stressed /ˈa/ like this one regularly take the singular articles el and un, usually reserved for masculine nouns.
    el ágora, un ágora
  • They maintain the usual feminine singular articles la and una if an adjective intervenes between the article and the noun.

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