Stagira

[ stuh-jahy-ruh ]

/ stəˈdʒaɪ rə /

an ancient town in NE Greece, in Macedonia on the E Chalcidice peninsula: birthplace of Aristotle.

Also Sta·gi·ros

[stuh-jahy-ruh s, -ros] /stəˈdʒaɪ rəs, -rɒs/.

Example sentences from the Web for stagira

He assisted Aristotle in founding a school at his native place, Stagira.

History of Education |Levi Seeley
The next year when the King came back to Stagira, Aristo was still there.

Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8 |Elbert Hubbard
His second wife was Herpylis, a native of Stagira, by whom he had a son, called Nicomachus.

Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnus |William MacGillivray
On the whole, however, he adhered to the Greek city-state (πόλις), partly perhaps out of patriotism to his own Stagira.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 |Various

Now the Philosopher of Stagira supposes that there are two kinds of Act, the permanent act and the successive act.

Theodicy |G. W. Leibniz

Stagira

/ (stəˈdʒaɪrə) /

an ancient city on the coast of Chalcidice in Macedonia: the birthplace of Aristotle