Academy (disambiguation)
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An academy
is an institution of higher learning, research, or honorary membership.
Academy may also refer to:
Education
Organisations
National Language Regulators
See List of language regulators for complete list.
Music
Business
Television
Places
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Academy
An academy is an institution of higher learning, research, or honorary membership.The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, founded approximately 385 BC at Akademia, a sanctuary of Athena, the goddess of wisdom and skill, north of Athens, Greece. In the western world academia is the...
is an institution of higher learning, research, or honorary membership.
Academy may also refer to:
Education
- Platonic AcademyPlatonic AcademyThe Academy was founded by Plato in ca. 387 BC in Athens. Aristotle studied there for twenty years before founding his own school, the Lyceum. The Academy persisted throughout the Hellenistic period as a skeptical school, until coming to an end after the death of Philo of Larissa in 83 BC...
, the original Academy founded by the philosopher Plato in ancient Greece circa 385 BCE - Academy (English school), formerly known as city academy, type of publicly-financed but independently-run school
Organisations
- Academy of Motion Picture Arts and SciencesAcademy of Motion Picture Arts and SciencesThe Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is a professional honorary organization dedicated to the advancement of the arts and sciences of motion pictures...
(AMPAS), American organisation responsible for the Academy Awards (Oscars)
National Language Regulators
- Accademia della CruscaAccademia della CruscaThe Accademia della Crusca is an Italian society for scholars and Italian linguists and philologists established in Florence. After the Accademia Cosentina, it is the oldest Italian academy still in existence...
, the Italian institution seeking to maintain the "purity" of the original Italian language - Académie françaiseAcadémie françaiseL'Académie française , also called the French Academy, is the pre-eminent French learned body on matters pertaining to the French language. The Académie was officially established in 1635 by Cardinal Richelieu, the chief minister to King Louis XIII. Suppressed in 1793 during the French Revolution,...
, the French Academy, pre-eminent French learned body on matters pertaining to the French language, officially established in 1635 - Real Academia EspañolaReal Academia EspañolaThe Royal Spanish Academy is the official royal institution responsible for regulating the Spanish language. It is based in Madrid, Spain, but is affiliated with national language academies in twenty-one other hispanophone nations through the Association of Spanish Language Academies...
, Spanish Royal Academy, the institution responsible for regulating the Spanish language - Svenska Akademien, the Swedish Academy founded to further the "purity, strength, and sublimity of the Swedish language
See List of language regulators for complete list.
Music
- The Academy Is...The Academy Is...The Academy Is... was an American rock band from Chicago, Illinois, formed in 2003. Before dispersing, they were signed by the Decaydance imprint of the Fueled by Ramen label. They were originally known as "The Academy", but added the "Is..." in 2004 to avoid legal complications with other...
, pop punk band - The Academy Drum and Bugle CorpsThe Academy Drum and Bugle CorpsThe Academy is a World Class drum and bugle corps that competes in Drum Corps International. Founded in 2001, The Academy is based in Tempe, Arizona. The Academy competed at the Division II level through 2006, winning the Division II championship in that year with a score of 95.625...
, Tempe, Arizona - The Academy, previous name for alternative rock band Elliot MinorElliot MinorElliot Minor are a classically influenced rock band from York, England. The group consists of Alex Davies , Ed Minton , Dan Hetherton and Ed Hetherton .-History and formation: 2000-2006 :...
- The Academy (music venue)The Academy (music venue)The Academy is a music venue located in Dublin, Ireland. It consists of four floors, each for differing music tastes.The Academy was the venue where The Killers performed an intimate show in August 2008, one night before a performance in Marlay Park. Others to have played the venue in 2008 include...
, located in Dublin, Ireland
Business
- Academy Sports and OutdoorsAcademy Sports and OutdoorsAcademy Sports + Outdoors is a sports goods discount store chain. For 74 years it was a privately held company owned by the Gochman family, until its May 2011 sale of majority ownership to the investment firm Kohlberg Kravis and Roberts LP. Academy is one of the largest sporting goods stores in the...
, sporting goods store - Academy Plastic Model Co.Academy Plastic Model Co.Academy Plastic Model Co., Ltd. is a Korean plastic model, chemical, and toy company. It is headquartered in Uijeongbu-Si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea and was established on September 1, 1969. It holds three headquarters in Seoul, Korea; Gelsenkirchen, Germany; and Rosario, Cavite, Philippines...
, Korean scale model manufacturer - Academy BusAcademy BusAcademy Bus Lines is a bus company in New Jersey providing local bus service in northern New Jersey, line run service to/from New York City from points in central New Jersey, and contract and charter service in the northeastern United States from Boston to Northern Virginia.-Under contract to NJ...
, bus company based in New Jersey - Academy MediaAcademy MediaAcademy Media is a media and fancy at online shopping mall company. Headquartered in Gwangjin-gu Seoul, Korea. Established in 1997. It sells product and group by SKC Corporation....
, Korean retail company - Academy Music GroupAcademy Music GroupAcademy Music Group is a leading owner-operator of music venues in the United Kingdom. They operate a number of medium sized venues, the majority of which took the name Carling Academy after their sponsor Carling. Some of these academies also contain smaller venues used for less well known acts...
, owner-operator of British music venues (Carling academy) - The Academy (Hotel)The Academy (Hotel)The Academy is a 4 star London hotel with 49 rooms, located in the Garden Square district of Bloomsbury. The hotel, which opened in March 2000, was originally five private homes built in 1776. The hotel is managed by The Eton Collection...
, a London hotel located in the district of Bloomsbury
Television
- The Academy (TVB)The Academy (TVB)The Academy is a TVB modern drama series broadcast in June 2005.The series follows the lives of a group of new Hong Kong Police recruits as they proceed through training at the Hong Kong Police training school...
, drama by Television Broadcasts Limited in Hong Kong - The Academy (TV series)The Academy (TV series)The Academy is a reality television series that provides a behind-the-scenes look at police recruits of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Academy as they go through an 18-week training course to become deputies of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. The program premiered in May 2007 on Fox...
, American reality television series documenting the training process for recruits of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department - "The Academy (Hercules episode)", a fifth season episode of the fantasy television series, Hercules: The Legendary JourneysHercules: The Legendary JourneysHercules: The Legendary Journeys is a television series, filmed in New Zealand and the United States. It was produced from 1995, and was very loosely based on the tales of the classical Greek culture hero Heracles...
- "Academy (Max Headroom)", an episode of the Max Headroom TV series
Places
- Academy, St. LouisAcademy, St. LouisAcademy/Sherman Park is a neighborhood in North St. Louis, just outside Central West End. The official boundaries of the area are Dr. Martin Luther King Drive on the north, Delmar Boulevard on the south, North Kingshighway Boulevard on the east, and Union Boulevard on the west.As of the census of...
, Missouri, USA - Academy BayAcademy BayAcademy Bay is the natural harbor of Santa Cruz Island in the Galápagos Islands archipelago. The bay was named for the California Academy of Sciences, which sent an expedition here in 1905. It is home to the Charles Darwin Research Station, founded in 1959 to preserve and study the Galapagos...
, Galapagos islands - Academy GlacierAcademy GlacierAcademy Glacier is a major Antarctic glacier in the Pensacola Mountains, draining northwestward between the Patuxent and Neptune ranges to enter Foundation Ice Stream....
, Antarctica - Academy, AlbertaAcademy, AlbertaAcademy is an unincorporated community in the province of Alberta, Canada within the Municipal District of Foothills No. 31. It is located along the Macleod Trail to the south of Calgary....
Canada
Other
- Academy (automobile)Academy (automobile)The Academy was an English dual-control car built by West of Coventry between 1906 and 1908. The cars had a 14 hp 4-cylinder engine by White and Poppe....
, 1906–1908 British automobile - Academy (video game)Academy (video game)Academy is an action/simulation computer game for the ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC and Amiga It was released in 1987 by CRL. It achieved critical success in the year it was released.-Gameplay:...
, a 1987 ZX Spectrum video game - The Academy (periodical)The Academy (periodical)The Academy was a review of literature and general topics published in London from 1869 to 1902, founded by Charles Appleton.The first issue was published on 9 October 1869 under the title The Academy: A Monthly Record of Literature, Learning, Science, and Art. It was published monthly from Oct....
, a London periodical, 1869–1902, published as The Academy and Literature, 1902–1916 - The Academy Shopping CentreThe Academy Shopping CentreThe Academy Shopping Centre is located in the main shopping district of Aberdeen, Scotland. As the name suggests, it is a former secondary school renovated into a modern shopping centre....
, a shopping mall in Aberdeen, Scotland
See also
- AcademiaAcademiaAcademia is the community of students and scholars engaged in higher education and research.-Etymology:The word comes from the akademeia in ancient Greece. Outside the city walls of Athens, the gymnasium was made famous by Plato as a center of learning...
, sometimes collectively called the academy - National AcademyNational academyA national academy is an organizational body, usually operating with state financial support and approval, that co-ordinates scholarly research activities and standards for academic disciplines, most frequently in the sciences but also the humanities. Typically the country's learned societies in...
, includes links to several such organisations - Royal Academy (disambiguation)Royal Academy (disambiguation)-Language and literature:* Real Academia Española , the institution responsible for regulating the Spanish language* Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, a British drama school-Civilian education:...
for many institutions of this name - List of Wikipedia articles starting with "Academy"
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