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Alma mater

//ˌælmə ˈmeɪtə(ɹ)// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A school, college, or university which a person has graduated from or attended.

    "I’m in the place where I grew up, where my alma mater is."

  2. 2
    your alma mater is a school you graduated from wordnet
  3. 3
    A school’s anthem or song.

Etymology

From Latin alma māter (literally “nourishing mother”). Derives from the full name ("Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna") of the oldest European university, the University of Bologna, founded in 1088.

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