I am reading Uris's "Exodus" again, and was not sure what was meant by the word "gymnasium" in this sentence: "He looked upon them as enemies as he he had looked upon the Cossacks and students of the gymnasium." In looking it up in Wikipedia, apparently "gymnasium" means a secondary school that provides higher education at a university. It derives from the Greek word "gymnasium" that meant an exercising ground in ancient Athens. Teachers gathered and provided instruction to physical exercises and sports. That must be where our meaning for "gymnasium" evolved.

How do the Canadians and British use gymnasium?