Ivy League

English

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.

Proper noun

the Ivy League

1. An association of eight universities in the USA, known for high quality. [from 1935]

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

   • 2012 June 3, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Mr. Plow” (season 4, episode 9; originally aired 11/19/1992)”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎^[2]:

     Almost as an afterthought, we’re given an origin story for Barney’s alcoholism: he was once a sober, studious, Ivy League-bound high school scholar before Homer forced a beer on him that transformed him into a drooling, slurring, out of control rampaging id.

Derived terms

• Ivy Leaguer
• little Ivy

Translations

association

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 長春藤聯盟／长春藤联盟 (Chángchūnténg Liánméng), 常青藤聯盟／常青藤联盟 (Chángqīngténg Liánméng)

• Dutch: Ivy League f
• Finnish: Ivy League, murattiliiga

Further reading

• Ivy League on Wikipedia.Wikipedia