smithsonian

/S M IH0 TH S OW1 N IY0 AH0 N/

noun

1
The Smithsonian Institution, a group of museums and research centers established in 1846 and administered by the United States government.

adjective

1
Of or pertaining to James Smithson (c.1765–1829), British mineralogist and chemist whose bequest was used to set up the Smithsonian Institution in the United States.

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