gymnasium

The definition of a gymnasium is a room in a building meant for sports or athletic activities.

(noun)

An example of a gymnasium is the room in a school where kids go for physical education and get to play basketball and other sports.

See gymnasium in Webster's New World College Dictionary

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

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

See gymnasium in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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

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

Origin:

Origin: Latin, school

Origin: , from Greek gumnasion

Origin: , from gumnazein, to exercise naked

Origin: , from gumnos, naked; see nog^w- in Indo-European roots

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