Varsity
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The word "varsity" is descended from the word "university" (which in the 19th century was commonly shortened to "versity"). The term has many contemporary applications:
- Varsity team, the principal athletic teams representing a university or school
- Varsity match, a sports fixture played between traditional rival Universities, particularly Oxford and Cambridge.
- Varsity (Cambridge), one of Cambridge University's two main student newspapers.
- Varsity (Cape Town), the student newspaper of the University of Cape Town
- The Varsity, a famous drive-in restaurant in Atlanta, Georgia that has been in operation since 1928 and is now a major tourist attraction.
- Varsity Line, the railway line that formerly connected Oxford and Cambridge.
- Varsity (CUHK), a publication of the School of Journalism and Communication, Chinese University of Hong Kong
- The Varsity (bar), the chain of bars across the United Kingdom with 23 outlets.
- Varsity Scouts, a program of the Boy Scouts of America for older boys.
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