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ag·o·ra 1

 (ăg′ər-ə)
n. pl. ag·o·ras or ag·o·rae (-ə-rē′)
A place of congregation, especially an ancient Greek marketplace.
[Greek agorā; see ger- in Indo-European roots.]

a·go·ra 2

 (ä′gə-rä′)
n. pl. a·go·rot (-rōt′)
An Israeli unit of currency equal to 1/100 of the sheqel.
[Hebrew 'ăgôrâ, from 'āgar, to hire; see ʔgr in Semitic roots.]
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agora

(ˈæɡərə)
n, pl -rae (-riː; -raɪ)
(Historical Terms) (often capital)
a. the marketplace in Athens, used for popular meetings, or any similar place of assembly in ancient Greece
b. the meeting itself
[from Greek, from agorein to gather]

agora

(ˌæɡəˈrɑː)
n, pl -rot or -roth
(Currencies) an Israeli monetary unit worth one hundredth of a shekel
[Hebrew, from āgōr to collect]
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ag•o•ra1

(ˈæg ər ə)

n., pl. -o•rae (-əˌri)
a marketplace or public square in ancient Greece serving as a center of civic life.
[1590–1600; < Greek agora marketplace, derivative of ageírein to gather together]

a•go•ra2

(ˌɑ gɔˈrɑ)

n., pl. a•go•rot (ˌɑ gɔˈroʊt)
a monetary unit of Israel, equal to 1/100 of the shekel.
[< Hebrew]
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Agora

 an assembly place, e.g., a marketplace, hence, the people assembled, 1820.
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agora

An open meeting-place in Greek cities. The Roman forum was based on it.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.agora - 100 agorot equal 1 shekel in Israelagora - 100 agorot equal 1 shekel in Israel
Israeli monetary unit - monetary unit in Israel
shekel - the basic unit of money in Israel
2.agora - the marketplace in ancient Greeceagora - the marketplace in ancient Greece  
market place, mart, marketplace, market - an area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up
3.agora - a place of assembly for the people in ancient Greece
public square
market place, mart, marketplace, market - an area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up
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Yet here is the great gymnasium; here is the mighty theatre, wherein I have seen seventy thousand men assembled; here is the Agora; there is the font where the sainted John the Baptist immersed the converts; yonder is the prison of the good St.
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Well, and about the business of the agora, dealings and the ordinary dealings between man and man, or again about agreements with the commencement with artisans; about insult and injury, of the commencement of actions, and the appointment of juries, what would you say?
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de Orat.); and the loose and desultory style is an imitation of the 'accustomed manner' in which Socrates spoke in 'the agora and among the tables of the money-changers.' The allusion in the Crito may, perhaps, be adduced as a further evidence of the literal accuracy of some parts.
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The New Agoras Project is a form of discursive organization proposed by Banathy (2000).
Thus, whereas the Ancient Greek agoras were a physical public space located in the center of town, the current global society, having grown too large for a similar meeting place, must meet in part in a virtual network.
Reflections on the New Agoras Project: a report on a Fuschl Conversation [(dagger)]
The 47th Annual Conference of the International Society for the Systems Sciences (ISSS) selected as its theme Conscious Evolution of Humanity: Using Systems Thinking to Construct Agoras of the Global Village.
Boundary-spanning dialogue across disciplines and civilizations, if conducted wisely, can generate democratic agreement on the courses we must pursue to create agoras and avoid domination by elites.
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The 47th Annual Conference of the International Society for the Systems Sciences (ISSS), which was held in Crete between 6 and 11 July 2003, addressed the issue of the Conscious Evolution of Humanity: Using Systems Thinking to Construct Agoras of the Global Village.
Constructing Agoras of the Global Village: a Co-laboratory of Democracy on the Conscious Evolution of Humanity
This presentation might bring some new perspective to the issue and also connect with the initiation of the agoras of the 21st century, which was a major theme of this international conference.
Some free interpretations of the results given in the dynamics of the Latin American Group
The conference theme, `Conscious evolution of humanity: using systems thinking to construct AGORAS of the global village', has been chosen to focus attention on: (a) the challenge facing humanity as it transforms from `evolutionary consciousness' to `conscious evolution', and (b) the role systems thinking must play in constructing twenty-first-century agoras in the context of globalization.
The 47th Annual Conference of the International Society for the Systems Sciences (ISSS), Iraklion, Crete, Greece, 7-11 July, 2003. (News)
The Agoras of the City States of the Classical Greeks were public spheres where democracy was lived by citizens who made collective decisions about issues affecting their daily lives.
The Agora Project: the New Agoras of the twenty-first century. (Research Paper)
Thefifthseason of excavations at thePaphos Agora, carried out by the Department of Classical Archaeology of the Institute of Archaeology, Jagiellonian University in KrakEw, Poland, have been completed, the Antiquities Department said on Thursday.
Polish archaeologists continue dig at Paphos agora

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