gymnasium
noun/dʒɪmˈneɪziəm/
/dʒɪmˈneɪziəm/
(plural gymnasiums, gymnasia
(formal)/dʒɪmˈneɪziə/
/dʒɪmˈneɪziə/
)- a gymTopics Educationc1, Health and Fitnessc1Word Originlate 16th cent.: via Latin from Greek gumnasion, from gumnazein ‘exercise naked’, from gumnos ‘naked’.
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