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An
academy is an institution of secondary education or higher learning, research, or honorary membership.
Academy may also refer to:
Education
National language regulators
Académie française , the French Academy, pre-eminent French learned body on matters pertaining to the French language, officially established in 1635
Accademia della Crusca , the Italian institution seeking to maintain the "purity" of the original Italian language
Real Academia Española , Spanish Royal Academy, the institution responsible for regulating the Spanish language
Swedish Academy , founded to further the "purity, strength, and sublimity of the Swedish language
See
List of language regulators for complete list.
Arts, entertainment, and media
Awards
Films
Music
Television
Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media
Academy (video game) , a 1987 ZX Spectrum video game
The Academy (periodical) , a London periodical, 1869–1902, published as The Academy and Literature , 1902–1916
Academy 1-2-3 (cinema) , former art house cinema on Oxford Street, London; closed in 1986
Academy Cinema, Bristol , cinema (1914–55) in Bristol, United Kingdom
Businesses
Academia.edu , a repository of academic papers and social network for academics
Academy Bus , bus company based in New Jersey
Academy Music Group , owner-operator of British music venues (Carling academy)
Academy Plastic Model Co. , Korean scale model manufacturer
Academy Sports and Outdoors , sporting goods store
O2 Brixton Academy , a music venue in London commonly known as The Academy
The Academy (hotel) , a London hotel located in the district of Bloomsbury
The Academy (music venue) , located in Dublin, Ireland
The Academy Shopping Centre , Aberdeen
Places
United States
Greenland
Elsewhere
Other uses
See also
Topics referred to by the same term