gymnasium

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gym⋅na⋅si⋅um

1 [

jim-ney-zee-uh

–noun, plural -si⋅ums, -si⋅a [-zee-uh, -zhuh]

1.	a building or room designed and equipped for indoor sports, exercise, or physical education.

2.	a place where Greek youths met for exercise and discussion.

Origin:
1590–1600; < L: a public school for gymnastics < Gk gymnásion gymnastic school (deriv. of gymnázein to train in the nude

Related forms:

gym⋅na⋅si⋅al, adjective

2 [gim-nah-zee-uh

–noun, plural -si⋅ums, -si⋅a [-zee-uh]

(often initial capital letter

) (in continental Europe, esp. Germany) a classical school preparatory to the universities.

Origin:
1685–95; < G; special use of gymnasium ¹

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gym·na·si·um (jĭm-nā'zē-əm)

n. pl. gym·na·si·ums or gym·na·si·a (-zē-ə) Sports

A room or building equipped for indoor sports.
(gĭm-nä'zē-ŏŏm') An academic high school in some central European countries, especially Germany, that prepares students for the university.

[Latin, school, from Greek gumnasion, from gumnazein, to exercise naked, from gumnos, naked; see nog^w- in Indo-European roots.]

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