Ivy League

English <dab!> Etymology From earlier Ivy colleges (1933), as Ivy League first used by AP sports editor Alan J. Gould (1935).Timeline The Official Website of Ivy League Athletics http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/history/timeline/index https://web.archive.org/web/20160420101456/http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/history/timeline/index 2016-04-20 The title became official after the formation of the athletic conference in 1954. From the tradition of en Ivy Day at many older colleges and universities, where en ivy is planted to honor academic excellence. Proper noun Ivy League 1 en Universities Organizations en US education politics An association of eight universities in the USA, known for high quality. from 1935 en Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, the University of Pennsylvania, Princeton, and Yale form the Ivy League. en June 3, 2012 Nathan Rabin TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Mr. Plow” (season 4, episode 9; originally aired 11/19/1992) http://www.avclub.com/articles/mr-plow,75560/ 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20121026042752/http://www.avclub.com/articles/mr-plow,75560/ 26 October 2012 Coordinate terms en Group of Thirteen<qq:Canada> Russell Group<ll:UK> C9 League<qq:PRC> Derived terms en Ivy Leaguer Ivy little Ivy public Ivy Southern Ivy Black Ivy League British Ivy League Chinese Ivy League Related terms en ivy Ivy Day planting the ivy Translations association Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 長春藤聯盟 Chángchūnténg Liánméng, cmn 常青藤聯盟 Chángqīngténg Liánméng Dutch: nl Ivy League f Finnish: fi Ivy League, fi murattiliiga Spanish: es Liga de Yedra f Noun A haircut similar to a crew cut but left long enough on top that the hair can be styled with a side part. en Harvard clip Princeton cut en haircut References