Catholic University of America
The Catholic University of America is a private Catholic research university in Washington, D.C., United States. It is one of two pontifical universities of the Catholic Church in the United States – the only one that is not primarily a seminary – and the only institution of higher education founded by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.Photo: Túrelio, CC BY-SA 2.5.
- Type: School
- Description: private Catholic University in Washington, D.C.
- Also known as: “Catholic University”, “CUA”, and “The Catholic University of America”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception and Dominican House of Studies.
Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
Church
Photo: AgnosticPreachersKid, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception is a Catholic minor basilica and national shrine in Washington D.C. It is the largest Catholic church building in North America and the tallest habitable building in Washington, D.C. Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception is situated 810 feet west of Catholic University of America.
Dominican House of Studies
University
The Dominican House of Studies is a Catholic institution in Washington, DC, housing both the Priory of the Immaculate Conception, a community of the Province of St. Dominican House of Studies is situated 840 feet south of Catholic University of America.
Brookland–CUA station
Metro station
Photo: SchuminWeb, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Brookland–CUA station is a Washington Metro station in Washington, D.C., on the Red Line. Service began on February 6, 1978. The station serves the Brookland neighborhood and the Catholic University of America. Brookland–CUA station is situated 960 feet east of Catholic University of America.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Brookland and Edgewood.
Brookland
Suburb
Photo: APK, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Brookland, Petworth, and Takoma are three relatively quiet neighborhoods east of Rock Creek Park. Following the "White Flight" after desegregation and the 1968 riots, these neighborhoods were left underpopulated, overwhelmingly African-American, and much less wealthy than the Upper Northwest, just across Rock Creek Park.
Edgewood
Neighborhood
Edgewood is a neighborhood located in Ward 5 of Northeast Washington, D.C. Edgewood is bounded by Michigan Avenue NE to the north, Rhode Island Avenue NE to the south, North Capitol Street to the west, and the Washington Metro's Red Line to the east.
Michigan Park
Neighborhood
Michigan Park is a neighborhood in Ward 5 of Northeast Washington, D.C. in the Upper Northeast area element. The boundaries of Michigan Park and North Michigan Park neighborhoods are contested due to the history of racial disparity between the two, but…
Catholic University of America
- Categories: Catholic university and education
- Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Catholic University of America” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Katolieke Universiteit van Amerika”
- Arabic: “الجامعة الكاثوليكية الأمريكية”
- Armenian: “Ամերիկյան կաթոլիկ համալսարան”
- Asturian: “CUA”
- Asturian: “Universidá Católica d’América”
- Azerbaijani: “Amerika Katolik Universiteti”
- Basque: “Amerikako Unibertsitate Katolikoa”
- Basque: “Catholic University of America”
- Basque: “CUA”
- Belarusian: “Амерыканскі каталіцкі ўніверсітэт”
- Belarusian: “Каталіцкі ўніверсітэт Амерыкі”
- Belarusian: “Каталіцкі ўнівэрсытэт Амэрыкі”
- Catalan: “Catholic University of America”
- Catalan: “CUA”
- Catalan: “Universitat Catòlica d’Amèrica”
- Catalan: “Universitat Catòlica dAmèrica”
- Chinese: “美國天主教大學”
- Croatian: “Američko katoličko sveučilište”
- Czech: “Americká katolická univerzita”
- Dutch: “Katholieke Universiteit van Amerika”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جامعة امريكا الكاتوليكيه”
- Esperanto: “Katolika Universitato de Ameriko”
- Esperanto: “Katolika Universitato de Usono”
- Finnish: “Amerikan katolinen yliopisto”
- French: “Université catholique d’Amérique”
- French: “Université catholique dAmérique”
- Galician: “Universidade Católica de América”
- German: “Katholische Universität von Amerika”
- Greek: “Καθολικό Πανεπιστήμιο της Αμερικής”
- Hebrew: “CUA”
- Hebrew: “האוניברסיטה הקתולית של אמריקה”
- Hindi: “कैथोलिक यूनिवर्सिटी ऑफ अमेरिका”
- Hungarian: “Amerikai Katolikus Egyetem”
- Indonesian: “Universitas Katolik Amerika”
- Irish: “Ollscoil Chaitliceach Mheiriceá”
- Italian: “Università Cattolica d’America”
- Italian: “Università Cattolica dAmerica”
- Japanese: “アメリカ・カトリック大学”
- Japanese: “アメリカカトリック大学”
- Japanese: “カトリック・ユニバーシティ・オブ・アメリカ”
- Korean: “미국 가톨릭 대학교”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Catholic University of America”
- Norwegian: “Catholic University of America”
- Persian: “دانشگاه کاتولیک آمریکا”
- Polish: “Catholic University of America”
- Polish: “Katolicki Uniwersytet Ameryki”
- Polish: “The Catholic University of America”
- Portuguese: “Universidade Católica da América”
- Russian: “Католический университет Америки”
- Scots: “The Catholic Varsity o Americae”
- Slovak: “Catholic University of America”
- Slovenian: “CUA”
- Slovenian: “Katoliška univerza Amerike”
- Slovenian: “The Catholic University of America”
- South Azerbaijani: “کاتولیک آمریکا بیلیمیوردو”
- Spanish: “Universidad Catolica de America”
- Spanish: “Universidad Católica de América”
- Swedish: “Catholic University of America”
- Ukrainian: “Католицький університет Америки”
- Urdu: “کیتھولک یونیورسٹی آف امریکا”
- Vietnamese: “Đại học Công giáo Hoa Kỳ”
- Welsh: “Prifysgol Babyddol America”
- “Catholic (D.C.)”
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