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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Forum \Fo"rum\, noun; pl. E. {Forums}, L. {Fora}. [L.; akin to foris, foras, out of doors. See {Foreign}.]
1. A market place or public place in Rome, where causes were judicially tried, and orations delivered to the people.
2. A tribunal; a court; an assembly empowered to hear and decide causes.
He [Lord Camden] was . . . more eminent in the senate than in the forum. --Brougham.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
forum
noun
1: a public meeting or assembly for open discussion
2: a public facility to meet for open discussion [syn: {assembly}, {meeting place}]
3: a place of assembly for the people in ancient Greece [syn: {agora}, {public square}] [also: {fora} (pl)]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
fora See {forum}
From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:
fora pl.n. Plural of {forum}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
fora {forum}
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