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gymnasium definition

gym·na·sium (jim nāzē əm; for 2 gim näzē o̵om′)

noun pl. gymnasiums -·si·ums or gymnasia -·sia ()

  1. a room or building equipped for physical training and athletic games and sports
  2. in Germany and some other European countries, a secondary school for students preparing to enter a university

Etymology: L < Gr gymnasion, place for exercising < gymnazein, to train naked < gymnos, naked, stripped < IE base *nogw- > naked, L nudus

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