agora

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. A place of congregation, especially an ancient Greek marketplace.
2. n. See Table at currency.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. In ancient Greece: A popular political assembly; any meeting of the people, especially for the promulgation or discussion of laws or public measures. Hence —
2. n. The chief public square and market-place of a town, in which such meetings were originally held, corresponding to the Roman forum. The agora usually occupied the site about the original public fountain or well of a settlement, which was the natural place of reunion for the inhabitants. It was often surrounded by colonnades and public buildings; sometimes public buildings and temples stood within it. In some instances a large open space was reserved for public meetings, and the remainder was variously subdivided for purposes of traffic. It was customary to erect in the agora altars to the gods and statues of heroes and others, and sometimes, as at Athens, it was adorned with alleys of trees.

Wiktionary

1. n. A place for gathering.
2. n. A marketplace, especially in Classical Greece.
3. n. Since 1960, a monetary unit and coin of Israel, the 100th part of a shekel / sheqel.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. An assembly; hence, the place of assembly, especially the market place, in an ancient Greek city.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. the marketplace in ancient Greece
2. n. 100 agorot equal 1 shekel in Israel
3. n. a place of assembly for the people in ancient Greece