Olympus

English Mount + Etymology From en la Olympus, from en grc Ὄλυμπος, likely of en qsb-grc - origin. Pronunciation en /əˈlɪmpəs/ en En-us-Olympus.ogg US Proper noun en The highest <<mountain>> in <<c/Greece>>; in Ancient Greek mythology the home of the gods. en 1951 November 'Pausanias' To Greece by the "Simplon-Orient Express" Railway Magazine 731 Sleeping-car passengers, however, will know little of their entry into Greece until, at 6 a.m. on the third morning after leaving Paris, the short train runs over the Vardar plain, with dawn glimpses of Mount Athos to the east and of cloud-capped Olympus across the gulf to the south, past the rebuilt yard and into the new passenger station at Salonica. Translations mountain Arabic: ar أُولِيمْبُوس m ʔulimbus Armenian: hy Օլիմպոս Belarusian: be Алі́мп m Bulgarian: bg Оли́мп m Catalan: ca Olimp Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 奧林匹斯山 Àolínpǐsī shān Czech: cs Olymp m Dutch: nl Olympus m Finnish: fi Olympos French: fr Olympe m Georgian: ka ოლიმპო German: de Olymp m Greek: el Όλυμπος m Ancient Greek: grc Ὄλυμπος m Hebrew: he אולימפוס m Hindi: hi ओलिंप Inuktitut: iu ᐅᓕᒻᐳᔅ Irish: ga Oilimpeas m Italian: it Olimpo m Japanese: ja オリンポス山 Orimposu-san Korean: ko ^올림포스산 Macedonian: mk О́лимп m Māori: mi Orimapa Persian: fa المپ olamp Polish: pl Olimp m Portuguese: pt Olimpo m Russian: ru Оли́мп m Sicilian: scn Alimpu m, scn Ulimpu m Spanish: es Olimpo m Tagalog: tl Olimpo Turkish: tr Olimpos Ottoman Turkish: ota اولیمپوس Olimpus Ukrainian: uk Олі́мп m Vietnamese: vi núi Olympus See also en Olympic en Olympia Latin Alternative forms la Olympos Etymology Borrowed from la grc Ὄλυμπος Olympus. Pronunciation Proper noun Olympus<2> m Olympus, the highest mountain in Greece, thought of as the home of the gods in Ancient Greek mythology. (by transference from the previous sense) heaven One of various other mountains of the same name Proper noun Olympus<2> f A city name taken from the name of a neighboring mountain Declension Olympus<2> Descendants ast Olimpu ca Olimp fr Olympe it Olimpo pt Olimpo ro Olimp scn Alimpu Ulimpu es Olimpo References la Greece Mountains