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Accademia

British  
/ akkaˈdɛmja /

noun

  1. Full name: Galleria dell' Accademia.  an art gallery in Venice housing a collection of paintings by Venetian masters from the 13th to 18th centuries

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Harding, 50, who currently serves as director of Italy's Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, will make his Los Angeles debut in the 2027/2028 season.

From Barron's May 26, 2026

“It’s very interesting, and now it’s surely necessary to carry out further investigations,” said Cecilie Hollberg, the director of the Accademia Gallery in Florence.

From New York Times Apr. 4, 2024

The statue is the showpiece of the Accademia, and helps draw 1.7 million visitors each year to the museum.

From Seattle Times Mar. 26, 2023

"Legal language is not the right place for minoritarian innovative experimentations," the Accademia said in a six-page opinion that Reuters reviewed on Monday, after the Corriere della Sera newspaper first reported on it.

From Reuters Mar. 20, 2023

Lynceus is an adjective meaning sharp-sighted; Accademia dei Lincei is often translated Academy of the Lynxes, but that would be Accademia delle Linci.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

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