technicum
/ˈtɛknɪkəm/(also technikum)
noun
In the Soviet Union and subsequently in Russia and some other countries formerly part of the Soviet Union: a technical college. Now chiefly historical.
Origin
1920s; earliest use found in Modern Language Journal. From Russian texnikum from German Technikum from ancient Greek τεχνικός + German -um, after Latin neuter nouns ending in -um.