think-tank

n. a place where great minds are assembled to try to think up solutions to problems or to envision the future. She spent a few months in a California think-tank, then came back to teach.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Siriporn	-	Thai
EmİN	-	Turkish
Ava (2)	-	Persian
Ziska	TSIS-kah	German
Joyner	['dʒɔinə]
Matias	MAH-tee-ahs (Finnish)	Finnish, Portuguese