[DOC] [TLE] Hoya Saxa - Wikipedia [PAR] Hoya Saxa. ... Hoya Saxa is the official cheer and "college yell" of Georgetown University and its athletics teams. The term Hoya is an Ancient Greek word usually transliterated from  as hoia from the word hoios () meaning "such" or "what" as in "what manner of", and is used in certain Biblical quotations. [DOC] [TLE] Georgetown Hoyas - Wikipedia [PAR] www.guhoyas.com. ... The team name is derived from the mixed Greek and Latin chant, "Hoya Saxa," (meaning "What Rocks") which gained popularity at the school in the late nineteenth century. The name Hoyas came into use in the 1920s. Most teams have their athletic facilities on the main campus of Georgetown University. [DOC] [TLE] HoyaSaxa.com: Georgetown Traditions [PAR] Substituting a "y" for an "i"; "hoya saxa" literally means "what rocks". ... a similar 
phrase may have simply been adopted by fans of the baseball team. ... the 
football team as the "Hoyas" rather than its contemporary nickname of the "
Hilltoppers". [DOC] [TLE] What is a Hoya? - Study.com [PAR] Mar 29, 2011 ... Hoya, or hoia, comes from the Ancient Greek word meaning 'such' or ... hoya, and 
one Latin term, saxa, and made the cheer 'Hoya Saxa.' Translated into English, 
the phrase essentially means 'What rocks.' ... From Chant to Nickname ... the term 
Hoyas was officially given to the university's athletic teams. [DOC] [TLE] what is a hoya such as Georgtown University Hoyas? | JiaKoz [PAR] Feb 7, 2007 ... Dean Nevils's former school, College of the Holy Cross, also refers to the ... 
Substituting a "y" for an "i"; "hoya saxa" literally means "what rocks". ... a similar 
phrase may have simply been adopted by fans of the baseball team. ... 
Georgetown University holds the unique team nickname to which its students,... [DOC] [TLE] What is a Hoya as in Georgetown Hoyas? | Yahoo Answers [PAR] By the fall of 1928, the newspaper had taken to referring to the sports teams ... 
Big East opponents, whose schools tend to have more concrete nicknames, ... It 
comes from the Latin phrase Hoya Saxa which means "What rocks" in English. [DOC] [TLE] Hoyas - Scoresline [PAR] Jan 28, 2002 ... Learned the "Hoya Saxa" was the rock the school was built on. ... study Greek 
and Latin,the University's teams were nicknamed the STONEWALLS. ... HOYA 
comes from the Greek word "hoios", meaning "such a" or "what a". ... we have "
hoya" substituting the "y" for an "i", which translates into "What Rocks"! [DOC] [TLE] Jayhawks, Hoyas & Owls (Oh My!): How 21 Schools Got Their ... [PAR] Mar 18, 2010 ... Let's take a look at the origins of some of the tournament teams' ... which means 
you're going to be tossing team nicknames around like ... The origins of the Hoya 
nickname are a bit murky, but the school ... Students created a mixed Greek and 
Latin cheer of "Hoya Saxa!" (which translates into "What Rocks! [DOC] [TLE] this is GeorGetown BasketBall [PAR] championship teams, world-class athletes and memoraBle ... mvp & third team ... 
accomplishments in front of Healy Hall after the Hoyas' run to the Final Four; ..... 
Nickname . .... Blue and gray were adopted as the official school colors in 1866 
following ... phrase Hoya Saxa, which, loosely translated, means What Rocks!. [DOC] [TLE] El Cid Rides Again: Georgetown Hoyas History [PAR] Mar 9, 2013 ... Substituting a "y" for an "i"; "hoya saxa" literally means "what rocks". ... and a 
similar phrase may have simply been adopted by fans of the baseball team. Jack 
The Bulldog: Georgetown's nickname is a Hoya, but its mascot is a bulldog. ... By 
1979, Georgetown was one of the first schools to employ

Question: This school's team nickname, the Hoyas, comes from "Hoya saxa", a phrase meaning "What Rocks!"
Answer: Georgetown