agata

[ ag-uh-tuh ]

noun

1. an American art glass having a mottled, glossy, white and rose surface.

Word History and Origins

Origin of agata¹

< Italian: agate < Latin achātēs

Example Sentences

Agata Patyna, representing the migrants, said in written arguments the group included unaccompanied children, women who were pregnant at the time of detention, vulnerable people with mental health conditions and disabilities and victims of trafficking, sexual offences and torture.

From BBC

“We can’t make a decision until we see a financial aid package,” said Agata James, a mother of a New York high school senior from Queens.

From Seattle Times

Anthony Tommasini traveled to Italy and visited Roncole, Busseto, Sant’Agata and Milan to learn more about Giuseppe Verdi.

From New York Times

The director L. Frances Henderson based this very personal debut on John D’Agata’s lauded book “About a Mountain,” which deftly yoked the suicide of a teenager in Las Vegas to the Department of Energy’s since-scuttled plans to use Yucca Mountain, 100 miles northwest of that city, as a repository for nuclear waste.

From New York Times

For her part in the study, Agata Kalita was given an honourable mention for the International Birnstiel Award for Doctoral Research in Molecular Life Sciences 2023.

From Science Daily