Academy

Meaning

1. The school for advanced education founded by Plato; the garden where Plato taught.
2. The disciples of Plato.
3. Platonism.
4. A specific society of scholars or artists.
5. A place in the United States:
6. A place in the United States:
7. A place in the United States:

Translations

Académie

Akademie

Academia

Accademia

Acadèmia

Academia

Academie

Academia

Ακαδημία

ακαδημία

akademi

Pronounced as (IPA)

/əˈkæd.ə.mi/

Etymology

* French académie, from Latin acadēmīa, from Ancient Greek Ἀκαδημία (Akadēmía), 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. Compare academe, academia, Akademeia.

Sentences

She studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts .

He leads the African Academy of Sciences Grand Challenges Africa Programme .