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gymnasia

gymnasia is the plural of gymnasium.

gymnasia is the plural of gymnasion.

Meaning of gymnasium

Noun

gymnasium (plural gymnasia or gymnasiums)

  1. (formal) A large room or building for indoor sports.
    • [I]t is well understood that the building for the gymnasium will be erected on lots now belonging to the College, lying in High-street, immediately in the rear of the Library.1859 July 28, W. G., “Yale College Commencement. One Hundred and Fifty-ninth Anniversary. […]”, in The New-York Times, volume VIII, number 2452, New York, N.Y., published 30 July 1859, →ISSN, →OCLC...
    Synonyms:
    gym
  2. A type of secondary school in some European countries which typically prepares students for university.
    • Near-synonyms: grammar school, prep school
  3. (historical) A public place or building where Ancient Greek youths took exercise, with running and wrestling grounds, baths, and halls for conversation.

Origin of gymnasia

Borrowed from Latin gymnasia.

Borrowed from Ancient Greek γῠμνᾰ́σῐᾰ (gŭmnắsĭă).

Questions about gymnasia

What is gymnasia the plural of?
Gymnasia is the plural of gymnasium.

Words near gymnasia in the dictionary

  1. gymnals
  2. gymnarchid
  3. gymnarchids
  4. gymnarthrid
  5. gymnarthrids
  6. gymnasia
  7. gymnasial
  8. gymnasiarch
  9. gymnasiarchs
  10. gymnasiast
  11. gymnasiasts

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Adapted from Wiktionary: gymnasia (page history and authors); gymnasium (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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