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Ólympía olympia-
English
+, Greece
+, Washington
Etymology
From en grc Ὀλυμπία, from grc Ὄλυμπος Olympus.
Pronunciation
en /əˈlɪmpi.ə/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Olympia.wav Southern England
Proper noun
en ancient city c/Greece, home of the ancient Olympic Games. en Villages in Greece
en place c/USA:
en The <<state capital>> of <<s/Washington>>, and the <<county seat>> of <<co/Thurston County>>.
en Ty Vinson Olympia City Council sends $20 minimum wage, Workers’ Bill of Rights to Nov. ballot w:The Olympian https://www.theolympian.com/news/local/article311207315.html 2025-07-24 The Olympia City Council voted 4-3 Tuesday night against adopting a Workers’ Bill of Rights and raising the minimum wage across the city to $20. Mayor Dontae Payne cast the deciding vote. https://archive.ph/aOtMW 2025-08-11
en Ann Duan Primary Primer: 3 questions for Tumwater School Board candidates w:The Olympian https://www.theolympian.com/news/politics-government/election/article311563522.html 2025-08-02 The Olympian has posted similar stories on the Port of Olympia, Olympia City Council, and Olympia School Board primaries elsewhere on our website. https://archive.ph/Yki7I 2025-08-11
en ghost town co/Lowndes County s/Georgia.
en ucomm co/Bath County s/Kentucky.
en ucomm co/Cedar County s/Missouri.
en CDP co/Richland County s/South Carolina.
en female Ancient Greek; quite rare in English.
Translations
ancient city in Greece
Catalan: ca Olímpia
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn ^奧林匹亞
Czech: cs Olympie f
Danish: da Olympia
Finnish: fi Olympia
French: fr Olympie f
Galician: gl Olimpia f
Greek: el Ολυμπία f
Ancient Greek: grc Ὀλυμπία f
Icelandic: is Ólympía f
Ido: io Olimpia
Irish: ga Oilimpia f
Italian: it Olimpia
Japanese: ja オリンピア Orinpia
Korean: ko ^올림피아
Latvian: lv Olimpija f
Marathi: mr ऑलिम्पिया n
Polish: pl Olimpia f
Portuguese: pt Olímpia
Romanian: ro Olimpia f
Russian: ru Оли́мпия f
Spanish: es Olimpia
capital of Washington
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn ^奧林匹亞
Danish: da Olympia
Finnish: fi Olympia
Galician: gl Olimpia f
Japanese: ja オリンピア Orinpia
Korean: ko ^올림피아
Latvian: lv Olimpija f
Marathi: mr ऑलिम्पिया n
Romanian: ro Olympia f
female given name
Finnish: fi Olympia
French: fr Olympe f
Galician: gl Olimpia f
Italian: it Olimpia
Marathi: mr ऑलिम्पिया f
Polish: pl Olimpia f
Romanian: ro Olimpia f
Finnish
Etymology
From fi grc Ὀλυμπία.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
fi uncountable Olympia city in ancient Greece
fi uncountable Olympia any of modern cities with that name
fi countable Olympia female first name, hardly used in Finland
Declension
Olympi a
Derived terms
fi olympiakomitea olympialainen<t:Olympic>
German
Pronunciation
de /oˈlʏmpi̯a/ [(ʔ)oˈlʏm.pja] [-pi.a]
de De-Olympia.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Proper noun
toponym
de ancient city c/Greece Olympia
de sport the Olympic games
de Olympische Spiele n-p Olympiade f
de Er hat noch nie bei Olympia gewonnen. He’s never won at the Olympics.
Derived terms
de Olympiade
de Olympiasieger
de Olympionike
de olympisch
Latin
Pronunciation
Olympiā
Adjective
la adjective form
la Olympius nom//voc f s ; nom//acc//voc n p
Adjective
la adjective form Olympiā
la Olympius abl f s
Northern Sami
Proper noun
se proper noun
se ancient city c/Greece Olympia
se 15 June 1907 Nuorttanaste 9 11 Mailmehistorja 44 http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe2016051212231 Dalle sakkotuvvui juokke soaldat, gutte sisabođi Olympia basse ædnami. Dalle sáhkkuhuvvui juohke soalddát, guhte sisabođii Olympia bassi eatnamii. At that time, any soldier that entered the holy grounds of Olympia was fined.
se 2004 Erlin Persen Bálgát 5 Iđut 82-7601-094-6 99 http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2013092708050?page=101 Dalle deaivvadedje almmáiolbmot juohke njealját jagi Olympias. Olympia lei gávpot dološ Greikkas. Back then, men met every four years in Olympia. Olympia was a city in Ancient Greece.
se 2004 1997 Jan Erik Gulbrandsen; Arve Melhus Berit Margrethe Oskal N.W. Damm & Søn Mega: Nuoraidskuvlladási matematihkka. Vuođđogirji 8A Mega: Matematikk for ungdomstrinnet. Grunnbok 8A 82-496-0720-1 68 http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2015121548010?page=71 Olympiagilvvut álggahuvvojedje Olympias Greikkas jagis -776 ja lágiduvvojedje juhoke njealját jagi gitta jagi 396 m. Kr. rádjái. nb:De olympiske lekene startet i Olympia i Hellas i år -776 og foregikk hvert fjerde år fram til 396 e.Kr. The Olympic Games were started in Olympia in Greece in the year -776 and were held every four years until the year 396 AD.
Derived terms
se olympialaš Olympic
de olympiagilvvut Olympic Games
Slovak
Pronunciation
loan
Proper noun
f
sk ancient city c/Greece home of the very first Olympic Games Olympia
sk female
Declension
f
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