Definitions for academiaˌæk əˈdi mi ə, -ˈdim yə, -ˈdɛm i ə, -ˈdɛm yə
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
ac•a•de•mi•aˌæk əˈdi mi ə, -ˈdim yə, -ˈdɛm i ə, -ˈdɛm yə(n.)
the academic world; academe.
Category: Education
Origin of academia:
1945–50; < NL, L
Princeton's WordNet
academia, academe(noun)
the academic world
Wiktionary
academia(Noun)
The scientific and cultural community engaged in higher education and research, taken as a whole.
Academia continues to provide scientific education, despite attempts to turn it into a system of professional schooling.
Origin: * acadēmīa, from (Akadēmia), a grove of trees and gymnasium outside of Athens where Plato taught; from the name of the supposed former owner of that estate, the Attic hero Akademos. See also academy, academe, Akademeia. Modern sense of "the world of universities and scholarship" recorded from 1956.
Translations for academia
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
- akademieAfrikaans
- أكَادِيمِيَّهArabic
- школаBulgarian
- academiaPortuguese (BR)
- akademieCzech
- die AkademieGerman
- akademi; højskoleDanish
- ακαδημίαGreek
- academiaSpanish
- akadeemiaEstonian
- دانشکدهFarsi
- korkeakouluFinnish
- académieFrench
- אֲקָדֶמִיהHebrew
- शिक्षा या शोध संस्थानHindi
- akademijaCroatian
- főiskolaHungarian
- akademiIndonesian
- háskóli; æðri menntastofnunIcelandic
- accademiaItalian
- 専門学校Japanese
- 전문 학교Korean
- akademijaLithuanian
- akadēmija; augstskolaLatvian
- Akademi muzikMalay
- academieDutch
- høyskoleNorwegian
- akademia, szkoła wyższaPolish
- اكادمىPersian
- اكاډمىPashto
- academiaPortuguese
- academieRomanian
- академияRussian
- akadémiaSlovak
- akademijaSlovenian
- akademijaSerbian
- akademiSwedish
- โรงเรียนThai
- akademiTurkish
- 學院Chinese (Trad.)
- училище, школаUkrainian
- اعلیٰ تعلیمی ادارہUrdu
- học việnVietnamese
- （高等）專科院校Chinese (Simp.)
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