gymnasium

Meaning

Noun

• A large room or building for indoor sports.
• A type of secondary school in some European countries which typically prepares students for university.
• A public place or building where Ancient Greek youths took exercise, with running and wrestling grounds, baths, and halls for conversation.

Related

Similar words

• gym
• prep school, college prep school

Origin

• From Latin gymnasium, from Ancient Greek γυμνάσιον ("exercise, school"), from γυμνός, because Greek athletes trained naked.