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academia
/ˌæk.əˈdi.mi.ə/
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What does academia mean?
noun
- The scientific and cultural community engaged in higher education and research, taken as a whole.
- Continuous study at higher education institutions; scholarship.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˌæk.əˈdi.mi.ə/
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/ˌæk.əˈdi.mjə//ˌæk.əˈdɛm.i.ə/
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BY FRA ANGELICO, 'The Madonna in her robe of purest blue holding the Baby close in her arms,' Academia, Florence.
First to be noted is the "Academia," planned by Cardinal Wiseman.
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But Dicaearchus writes that there were two Arcadians in the army of Castor and Pollux, the one called Echedemus and the other Marathus; from the first that which is now called Academia was then named Echedemia, and the village Marathon had its name from the other, who, to fulfill some oracle, voluntarily offered himself to be made a sacrifice before battle.
Plato in certaine publique Walks called Academia, from one Academus: Aristotle in the Walk of the Temple of Pan, called Lycaeum: others in the Stoa, or covered Walk, wherein the Merchants Goods were brought to land: others in other places; where they spent the time of their Leasure, in teaching or in disputing of their Opinions: and some in any place, where they could get the youth of the City together to hear them talk.