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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
O·lym·pic       [uh-lim-pik, oh-lim-] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.of or pertaining to the Olympic Games: an Olympic contender.
2.of or pertaining to Olympia, in Greece.
3.pertaining to Mount Olympus, in Greece.
4.Olympian (def. 3).
–noun
5.an Olympian deity.
6.Olympics. Olympic Games. (def. 2).

[Origin: 1590–1600; < L Olympicus of Olympus, of Olympia < Gk Olympikós. See Olympus, -ic]
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O·lym·pic       (ō-lĭm'pĭk)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.   Of or relating to the Olympic Games.

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Olympic 
1610, "of or in ref. to Olympos, also Olympia (khora)," town or district in Elis in ancient Greece, where athletic contests in honor of Olympian Zeus were held 776 B.C.E. and every four years thereafter, from Gk. Olympikos, from Olympos, of unknown origin. The modern Olympic Games are a revival, begun in 1896. Not the same place as Mount Olympus, abode of the gods, which was in Thessaly. The name was given to several mountains, each seemingly the highest in its district.

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olympic

adjective
1. of or relating to the Olympic Games; "Olympic winners" 
2. of the region of Olympia in Greece or its inhabitants; "Olympian plain" [syn: Olympian

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Olympic

O*lym"pic\, or Olympian \O*lym"pi*an\, games \games\ . A modified revival of the ancient Olympian games, consisting of international athletic games, races, etc., now held once in four years, the first having been at Athens in 1896.

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