Academy. In Scotland, some secondary schools are known as "academies". Originally, an academy was a public or private school in a burgh: Bathgate Academy; St Margaret´s Academy.
Bathgate Academy
Accies. It is an informal way of referring to a sports club with Academicals or Academical in its name, indicating that it was formed by members of an academy: Hamilton Accies.
Hamilton Accies´s badge
HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS. Scots Dictionary. The perfect wee guide to the Scots language (2nd edition, 2014). Glasgow: Collins Gem
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