Crossword clues for gymnasia
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Gymnasium \Gym*na"si*um\ (j[i^]m*n[=a]"z[i^]*[u^]m or j[i^]m*n[=a]"zh[i^]*[u^]m; 277) n.; pl. E. Gymnasiums (j[i^]m*n[=a]"z[i^]*[u^]mz), L. Gymnasia (j[i^]m*n[=a]"z[i^]*[.a]). [L., fr. Gr. gymna`sion, fr. gymna`zein to exercise (naked), fr. gymo`s naked.]
A place or building where athletic exercises are performed; a school for gymnastics.
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A school for the higher branches of literature and science; a preparatory school for the university; -- used esp. of German schools of this kind.
More like ordinary schools of gymnasia than universities.
--Hallam.
Wiktionary
n. (plural of gymnasium English)
WordNet
See gymnasium
Usage examples of "gymnasia".
Indeed, in the conspicuous and well known porch, in gymnasia, in gardens, in places public and private, they openly strove in bands each for his own opinion, some asserting there was one world, others innumerable worlds.
Fora, Deambulacra, Gymnasia, laetis et gaudentibus populis frequentari.
As in all gymnasia, women are not allowed, one of the many things which aggravate Makri about Turai, although she does claim that given the choice she would rather not see the naked bodies of Turai's rich and flabby upper classes.
There were going to be a dozen movie theaters, innumerable gymnasia, green spaces, an amusement park.