Ivy league

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Noun
  1. 1
    a league of universities and colleges in the northeastern United States that have a reputation for scholastic achievement and social prestige wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    An association of eight universities in the USA, known for high quality. US

    "Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, the University of Pennsylvania, Princeton, and Yale form the Ivy League."

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"Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, the University of Pennsylvania, Princeton, and Yale form the Ivy League."

Etymology

From earlier Ivy colleges (1933), as Ivy League first used by AP sports editor Alan J. Gould (1935). The title became official after the formation of the athletic conference in 1954. From the tradition of Ivy Day at many older colleges and universities, where ivy is planted to honor academic excellence.

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