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 | Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th 
 
	
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 Harvard University [Harvard University] BrE NAmE
 the oldest US university and usually considered the best. Harvard is one of the  ↑Ivy League  universities. It was established as a college in  1636  in  ↑Cambridge,  ↑Massachusetts. Two years later, it was named after John Harvard, a  Puritan  born in England who had given it money and books. Harvard is especially famous for its  faculties   (= departments) of law and business. Its library is the oldest in the US and one of the largest.   Compare Yale
 
 
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