Hoya Saxa

Hoya Saxa (/ˈhɔɪə ˈsæksə/ HOY-ə SAK-sə) is the official cheer and "college yell" of Georgetown University and its athletics teams.

Before 1900, students at Georgetown were required to study classical linguistics, and both words are in the neuter plural of their respective languages.

[10] University president W. Coleman Nevils (1928–1935) encouraged this, and he was known to have suggested the name "Hoiah" be used at his previous school, College of the Holy Cross, for their student newspaper.

[3] Since the early 1990s, the phrase has been painted in large letters on an abandoned trolley trestle by the university's Canal Road entrance.

[13] Word plays and rhymes using the phrase are common, including "Hoya Snaxa", the student-run snack shop.

The phrase "Hoya Saxa" was once painted in large blue and gray letters at Georgetown's Canal Road entrance