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gymnasium

Syllabification: (gym·na·si·um)

Definition of gymnasium

1a room or building equipped for gymnastics, games, and other physical exercise.

2 /gimˈnäzēˌo͝om/ a school in Germany, Scandinavia, or central Europe that prepares pupils for university entrance.

Derivatives

late 16th century: via Latin from Greek gumnasion, from gumnazein 'exercise naked', from gumnos 'naked'

The plural of gymnasium can be spelled either gymnasiums or gymnasia (as in the original Latin).

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