VARSITY

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

★ Vickers Varsity, a post-WW military trainer aircraft based on the Vickers Viking

★ 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.

★ The Varsity (bar), the chain of bars across the United Kingdom with 23 outlets.

★ Varsity Scouts (Boy Scouts of America), a program of the Boy Scouts of America for older boys.

★ Operation Varsity, an airborne operation in World War II.

★ Varsity Stick, a famous floorball stick produced by Salming, Sweden.
'Varsity' may also refer to one of the following places:

★ Varsity, Calgary, a neighbourhood in Calgary, Alberta, Canada

★ Varsity Lakes, Queensland, a suburb of the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

★ Varsity View, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, one of the original neighbourhoods of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada