Ancient Eight

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Ancient Eight is a traditional nickname for the Ivy League, the group of eight prestigious private universities in the northeastern United States.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf informal group name
nickname
appliesTo group of eight universities
appliesToInstitution Brown University NERFINISHED
Columbia University NERFINISHED
Cornell University NERFINISHED
Dartmouth College NERFINISHED
Harvard University NERFINISHED
Princeton University NERFINISHED
University of Pennsylvania NERFINISHED
Yale University NERFINISHED
associatedWith Ivy League Council of Presidents NERFINISHED
NCAA Division I athletics NERFINISHED
country United States of America
surface form: United States
denotes historically established universities
prestigious private universities
describes Ivy League universities NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeForm the Ancient Eight NERFINISHED
hasConnotation prestige
tradition
hasMemberCount 8
isSynonymOf Ivy League NERFINISHED
language English
refersTo Ivy League NERFINISHED
region Northeastern United States
sector private higher education
usedFor Ivy League athletic conference NERFINISHED
usedInContext American higher education
college athletics
elite universities

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Ivy nickname Ancient Eight
subject surface form: Ivy League