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olympia

/oʊˈlɪmpiə/

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What does olympia mean?

proper noun

  1. An ancient city in Greece, home of the ancient Olympic Games.
  2. The state capital of Washington, and the county seat of Thurston County.
  3. A ghost town in Lowndes County, Georgia.
More meanings (4)

proper noun

  1. An unincorporated community in Bath County, Kentucky.
  2. An unincorporated community in Cedar County, Missouri.
  3. A census-designated place in Richland County, South Carolina.
  4. A female given name from Ancient Greek; quite rare in English.

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IPA pronunciation

/oʊˈlɪmpiə/

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In Olympia he is said to have uttered the saying everybody has heard, that Phidias had carved Homer's Jupiter.
PlutarchPlutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and RomansProject Gutenberg ebook #674
Mr. Stanley Spencer made himself early known to the world by a series of parachute descents, performed from the roof of Olympia.
John M. (John Mackenzie) BaconThe Dominion of the Air: The Story of Aerial NavigationProject Gutenberg ebook #861
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It stood near the head of the Sound not far from Olympia.
John MuirSteep TrailsProject Gutenberg ebook #326
I admired the businesslike air of the Olympia; but I have the feeling still that the captain was just a little too precise in his reckoning.
Joshua SlocumSailing Alone Around the WorldProject Gutenberg ebook #6317
We worked on the same bill several times; but it was at the Olympia, in Paris, that he shone supreme as a strongman--and at the same time as a weak one.
Harry HoudiniMiracle Mongers and Their Methods A Complete Exposé of the Modus Operandi of Fire Eaters, Heat Resisters, Poison Eaters, Venomous Reptile Defiers, Sword Swallowers, Human Ostriches, Strong Men, Etc.Project Gutenberg ebook #435