Gymnasium

/dʒɪmˈneɪziəm/ noun

A gymnasium is a large room or building equipped for physical exercise and sports. In some countries, the word can also mean a type of academic secondary school.

From Latin “gymnasium,” from Greek “gymnasion,” a place for physical training, from “gymnos,” meaning “naked,” because ancient Greeks exercised without clothes. It originally referred to training grounds, not just indoor halls.

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