/ Dictionary / Index A agora: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: ag•o•ra Pronunciation: (ag'ur-u), [key] — pl. -o•rae a popular political assembly. the place where such an assembly met, originally a marketplace or public square. the chief marketplace of Athens, center of the city's civic life. a•go•ra Pronunciation: (ä-gôr'u, -gōr'uSeph. Heb.ä-gô-rä'), [key] — pl. a•go•rot an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Israel, the 100th part of a shekel: replaced the prutah as the fractional unit in 1960. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. See also: agora (Thesaurus) agony column agoraphobia Related Content Daily Word Quiz: profiterole Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language