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Georgetown Georgetown University students often refer to their campus as the Hilltop, and Georgetown alums Nick and Mo adopted this moniker, and the school’s colors of navy and gray, when they began their consulting firm and headquartered it in the heart of Georgetown. Georgetown stretches from the old C&O Canal, to historic Dumbarton Oaks, to the locally celebrated Tombs and 1789 restaurants, to Wisconsin Avenue’s shops, and down to the Potomac riverbank. Known for its historic homes and fun nightlife, Georgetown is a popular tourist attraction and social center in the city. Georgetown was its own municipality from its founding in 1751 until 1871, when it became part of the District, and has been home to the university since it was founded in 1789. It began as a tobacco trading port and has evolved into a hotspot in the nation’s capital. Hoyas Basketball Members of the Hilltop team can often be found at the Verizon Center, cheering on the Georgetown Hoyas, and some have even traveled to watch NCAA tournament games. The Hoyas haven’t won a national tournament since 1984 under John Thompson, but we’re certain that his son, and current coach, John Thompson III will get the job done soon. Some of Hilltop’s Hoya heroes include: Patrick Ewing, Alan Iverson, Dikembe Mutombo, Alonzo Mourning, Jeff Green, and Roy Hibbert. What’s a Hoya? The meaning and origin of Hoya has been lost over time. From HoyaSaxa.com: The official explanation holds that there was a baseball team at Georgetown called the "Stonewalls". It is suggested that a student, applying Greek and Latin, dubbed the team the hoiasaxa-- hoia is the Greek neuter plural for "what" or "what a", while saxa is the Latin neuter plural for "rock". Substituting a "y" for an "i"; "hoyasaxa" literally means "what rocks". To this day, however, no one has proven exactly when and under what circumstances the yell originated. While there was a Stonewalls team between 1866 and 1873, an actual reference to the team is pure speculation. Some have held that hoiasaxa referred not to the team but its surroundings--the team's field (the present site of Copley Lawn) was bounded by the College Walls along 37th street. One theory holds that words such as saxa(Latin for "rocks") were scribbled on the walls for years and a similar phrase may have simply been adopted by fans of the baseball team.
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