noun
a university in New York City
• Syn: ↑Columbia
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑university
• Member Holonyms: ↑Ivy League
• Part Holonyms: ↑New York, ↑New York City, ↑Greater New York
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a large private university in New York City. It was established in 1754 as King’s College and became Columbia University in 1896. It has a high reputation for training students to become doctors, lawyers and journalists.
See also ↑Ivy League
See also: ↑Columbia
Useful english dictionary. 2012.