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PRONUNCIATION OF MEGARA

Megara  [ˈmɛɡərə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MEGARA

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Megara is a noun.
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WHAT DOES MEGARA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Megara

Megara is a historic town and a municipality in West Attica, Greece. It lies in the northern section of the Isthmus of Corinth opposite the island of Salamis, which belonged to Megara in archaic times, before being taken by Athens. Megara was one of the four districts of Attica, embodied in the four mythic sons of King Pandion II, of whom Nisos was the ruler of Megara. Megara was also a trade port, its people using their ships and wealth as a way to gain leverage on armies of neighboring poleis. Megara specialized in the exportation of wool and other animal products including livestock such as horses. It possessed two harbors, Pegae, to the west on the Corinthian Gulf and Nisaea, to the east on the Saronic Gulf of the Aegean Sea.

Definition of Megara in the English dictionary

The definition of Megara in the dictionary is a town in E central Greece: an ancient trading city, founding many colonies in the 7th and 8th centuries bc. Pop: : 27 252.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MEGARA


agora
ˈæɡərə
disfigurer
dɪsˈfɪɡərə
figurer
ˈfɪɡərə
fingerer
ˈfɪŋɡərə
lingerer
ˈlɪŋɡərə
malingerer
məˈlɪŋɡərə
mandragora
mænˈdræɡərə
schlumbergera
ʃləmˈbɜːɡərə
sniggerer
ˈsnɪɡərə
staggerer
ˈstæɡərə
sugarer
ˈʃʊɡərə
swaggerer
ˈswæɡərə

WORDS THAT END LIKE MEGARA

Angara
Ankara
antara
Ferrara
Guadalajara
Kara
Lara
mara
mascara
Nara
Niagara
Nusa Tenggara
para
Sahara
Santa Clara
tara
tiara
vara
Western Sahara
zingara

Synonyms and antonyms of Megara in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Megara» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MEGARA

Find out the translation of Megara to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Megara from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Megara» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

麦加拉
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Megara
570 millions of speakers

English

Megara
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Megara
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ميغارا
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Мегара
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Megara
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

Megara
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Megara
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Megara
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Megara
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

メガラ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

메가라
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Megara
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Megara
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Megara
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मेगा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Megara
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Megara
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Megara
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Мегара
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Megara
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Μέγαρα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Megara
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Megara
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Megara
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Megara

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MEGARA»

The term «Megara» is regularly used and occupies the 70.269 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MEGARA» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Megara

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MEGARA»

Discover the use of Megara in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Megara and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Megara Hyblaia and Selinous: the development of two Greek ...
Franco de Angelis makes use of both the archaeological and what literary evidence there is in reconstructing a history of Megara Hyblaia and Selinous, two settlements established by the Greeks during the late eighth and mid-seventh century ...
Franco De Angelis, 2003
2
Knife of Truth, Road to Megara
“However, we follow the king's orders to provide an escort for Metrox and Sylvia to safely reach Megara. Perhaps you forget, Sylvia is a barbarian. Anyone who sees her is legally required to kill her. Figured the sight of fifteen lords protecting  ...
Cynthia Willerth, 2011
3
A Psycho's Guide to Dating Women
An edgy, satirical guidebook narrated by a twenty-five-year-old lunatic who tattoos the number of women he has slept with on his back.
John Megara, 2007
4
A New Classical Dictionary of Greek and Roman ...
MEGARA. MEGISTIAS. Ceres (Demeter), from which the town is supposed to have derived its name. 2. The modern citadel, situated on a lower hill to the southwest cf the preceding, and called Alcalhous, from its reputed founder Alcathous, ...
Sir William Smith, 1871
5
Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography: Iabadius-Zymethus
According to this the foundation of Megara may probably be placed about 726 B. c. Of its earlier history we have scarcely any information, hut it would appear to have attained to a flourishing condition, as 1 00 years after its foundation it sent ...
Sir William Smith, 1857
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The General Demosthenes and His Use of Military Surprise
On the basis of the extant evidence it is difficult to determine whether the Athenians were right in not taking advantage of the confusion and mutual suspicion in the city to launch a direct attack on Megara. We can assume that they decided that ...
Joseph Roisman, 1993
7
Ancient Greece and Rome
The history of Megara is that of a small, strategically positioned state pinned between larger and more powerful neighbors who were often hostile to one another, Athens to the north and Corinth to the south. Megara was forced into the role of a ...
8
New classical dictionary of biography, mythology, and geography
Megara (to Meyapa, in Lat. Megara, -ae, and pi. Megara, -orum : Mfyaptis, Megarensis). L (Megara), the capital of Megaris, was situated It stadia (1 mile) front the sea opposite the island Salamis, about 26 miles from Athens and 31 miles from ...
sir William Smith, 1850
9
A classical dictionary of biography [&c.].
(Megara), the capital of Megaris, was situated 8 stadia (1 mile) from the sea opposite the island Salami?, about 26 miles from Athens and 31 miles from Corinth. It consisted of 3 parts : 1 . The ancient Pelasgian citadel, called Caria, said to hare ...
sir William Smith, 1858
10
Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography: Isabadius-Zymethus. ...
According to this the foundation of Megara may probably be placed about 726 B. c. Of its earlier history we have scarcely any information, but it would appear to have attained to a flourishing condition, as 1 00 years after its foundation it sent ...
William Smith, 1857

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MEGARA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Megara is used in the context of the following news items.
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Ancient Israelites first to eat chickens rather than make them fight
Chickens are mentioned by Theognis of Megara in the sixth century BCE, the paper points out and from the 7th century BCE, the ancient ... «Haaretz, Jul 15»
2
Local ladies sail in memory of Victoria
The winning Megara crew, are the proud recipients of the molten glass trophy. The crew took the accolade for the third year running and plans ... «Derry Journal, Jul 15»
3
Comics, Fairy Tales, and Female Agency: How Does Sleeping …
... from Megara being used as a device to ensnare and weaken Hercules, to Esmeralda as the perpetual object of desire for like, everyone, and ... «The Mary Sue, Jul 15»
4
Fast and Furious: 10 Leading Real Estate Crowdfunding Platforms …
Megara was the first developer which participated in its platform and has raised $500,000 in its Beatrice project deal listed on the platform. «InvestorIntel, Jun 15»
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June 29, 2015 in CK Garabed // Uncle Garabed's Notebook (June …
Wrangle for an Ass's Shadow: To contend about trifles. The tale told by Demosthenes is that a man hired an ass to take him to Megara; and at ... «Armenian Weekly, Jun 15»
6
THIRD-QUARTER HONOR ROLLS: Catskill High School
Honor — Xavier E. Andrews, Hannah R. Arp, Joseph A. Barrezueta, Lindsay B. Cahill, Megara Mary-Teresa Overbaugh, Britany N. Rundberg, ... «The Daily Freeman, Jun 15»
7
LOLOL: If Disney Princesses Were Reimagined As Velociraptors
Megara and Tina Fey: Gorgeous? Check. Greek? Check. Clever? Check. Megara - Tina Fey. IMDB. 17 Celebs Who Look Like Disney Princesses Come To Life. «YourTango, Jun 15»
8
Gaza Rockets, Eubulides, and the Sorites Paradox
Some 2,500 years ago, the Greek philosopher Eubulides, a disciple of the Socratic philosopher Euclid of Megara (not to be confused with the ... «Arutz Sheva, Jun 15»
9
Regulator Atvod's ban on fetish films criticised by free-speech …
One site, Glasgow Mistress Megara Furie, was found to have breached rules with a film showing repeated kicks to a man's genitals that ... «The Guardian, May 15»
10
CrowdfundUp: Australia's First Real Estate Crowdfunding Platform
Today, Perth based developer Megara has committed to become the first builder to participate in CrowdfundUp's “Developer Partner Program”. «Crowdfund Insider, Mar 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Megara [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/megara>. May 2024 ».
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