gymnasium

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gym·na·si·um / jimˈnāzēəm/ • n. (pl. -si·ums or -si·a / -zēə/ ) 1. a room or building equipped for gymnastics, games, and other physical exercise.2. / gimˈnäzēˌoŏm/ a school in Germany, Scandinavia, or central Europe that prepares pupils for university entrance.DERIVATIVES: gym·na·si·al / -zēəl/ adj. (in sense 2).ORIGIN: late 16th cent.: via Latin from Greek gumnasion, from gumnazein ‘exercise naked,’ from gumnos ‘naked.’

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