Meaning of Hogwarts | Babel Free

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1. Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, a school for learning magic in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series.
2. Any institution similar in field, appearance, or oddity.

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“Buffy: No, but, see⟳, Mom, that doesn't really work⟳ for me. We're just going to the magic shop⟳, no school supplies there. Dawn: Yeah, Mom. I'm not going to Hogwarts.”

“Remember⟳ [...] what it was like⟳ to enter⟳ your first public or private school, or to arrive⟳ at places like⟳ Oxford, or Yale, or the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry?”

“2005 A Modern Introduction To Probability And Statistics: Understanding Why and How by Michel Dekking, Frederik Michel Dekking, Cor Kraaikamp, H. P. Lopuhaä, L. E. Meester (page 126) http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN1852338962&id=XLUMIlombgQC&pg=PA126&lpg=PA126&ots=846rcIuft_&dq=%22+have⟳+to+be+a+student+at+Hogwarts+to+be+able+to+get⟳+the+values+of+p+night%22&sig=d0PEF2RXCs5j1EQECJuf-2QoSdQ Since px(0), px(1), py(0) and py(1) are all equal to 1/2, knowing only px and py yields no information on ε whatsoever. You have⟳ to be a student at Hogwarts to be able to get⟳ the values of p right!”

“2005 2005 Wicca Almanac by various, Llewellyn, Elizabeth Barrette http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0738703087&id=wdVSV_qgBksC&pg=PA49&lpg=PA49&dq=hogwarts&sig=APdluHbvH2rKPLxTvxx6e7tpYkY Teaching, if you've never done it, is a difficult task. There isn't a real-life Hogwarts to send⟳ your aspiring young Witch or wizard to, so teaching children falls to you, the parent.”

“When people plan⟳ out their actions, they do more. When they write⟳ out their fears, they solve⟳ more. You do not need⟳ to be a Hogwarts grad to master that type⟳ of magic.”

“The school, which is set⟳ within a grand castle (it's all very Hogwarts), is an international college for students who are selected for their potential”

“It all feels very Hogwarts.”

“reinventing the university as a mysterious place⟳ like⟳ a Hogwarts of intellectual capital”

“The BIS remains a global club for central bankers, a Hogwarts for financial wizards.”

“At Hogwarts School of Journalism and Blogging, protected by a Muggle-proof shield in the Scottish mountains, they teach⟳ us to make⟳ our headlines”

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