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Meaning of Hogwarts | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
/ˈhɔɡ.wɔɹts/

Definitions

  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.

Equivalents

العربية هُوجْوَرْتْس
Čeština bradavice
Deutsch Hogwarts
Ελληνικά Χόγκουαρτς
Español Hogwarts
Suomi Tylypahka
Français Poudlard
עברית הוגוורטס
日本語 ホグワーツ
한국어 호그와트
Nederlands Zweinstein
Polski Hogwart
Português Hogwarts
Русский Хо́гвартс
Svenska Hogwarts
Українська Гоґвортс

Examples

“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”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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