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Megara

[ meg-er-uh ]

noun

  1. a city in ancient Greece: the chief city of Megaris.
  2. Classical Mythology. a daughter of Creon whose children were slain by her husband, Hercules, in a fit of madness.


Megara

/ ˈmɛɡərə /

noun

  1. a town in E central Greece: an ancient trading city, founding many colonies in the 7th and 8th centuries bc. Pop: (municipality): 27 252 (2001)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Words From

  • Me·gar·i·an Me·gar·e·an [mj, uh, -, gar, -ee-, uh, n, me‑], Me·garic adjective
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Example Sentences

Excavations conducted on and around the Cyclopean terrace revealed an elite district composed of plazas, paved roads and administrative buildings, with large megara, or great halls used for formal events, at the center.

Greek public broadcaster ERT reported that a technical team made up of 14 of the Greek military’s nuclear, biological and chemicals experts was being dispatched to Kavala from Megara, in southern Greece, via a CH-47 Chinook helicopter.

Mulder notes that Thucydides wrote about what may have been the first use of sanctions, when Athens instituted a commercial ban against merchants from the city of Megara in 432 B.C.

They’re as old as foreign policy itself: In 432 BC Athens imposed a trade embargo on its neighbor, Megara, just before the Peloponnesian War.

Nisus, King of Megara, had on his head, a purple lock of hair which he had been warned never to cut.

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