agora/ˈæ.ɡə.ɹə/EtymologyFrom Hebrew אֲגוֹרָה (agorá), from the root א־ג־ר (ʾ-g-r, “forming words relating to hoarding and storing”).nounA 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.”A marketplace, especially in Classical Greece.Since 1960, a monetary unit and coin of Israel, the 100th part of a shekel / sheqel.