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Olympia

[ uh-lim-pee-uh, oh-lim- ]

noun

  1. a plain in ancient Elis, Greece, where the ancient Olympic Games were held.
  2. a city in and the capital of Washington State, on the southern end of Puget Sound.
  3. Also called Olympia oyster. a common oyster, Ostrea lurida, of the Pacific coast of North America.
  4. a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “of Olympus.”


Olympia

/ əˈlɪmpɪə /

noun

  1. a plain in Greece, in the NW Peloponnese: in ancient times a major sanctuary of Zeus and site of the original Olympic Games
  2. a port in W Washington, the state capital, on Puget Sound. Pop: 43 963 (2003 est)


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Example Sentences

She last won a Grand Slam, tying Steffi Graf with her 23rd title, in Australia in 2017 when she was in the first months of pregnancy with daughter Olympia.

According to Ohanian, his experience as husband to tennis legend Serena Williams and as father to their daughter Olympia, has pushed him to think about his role in the world—and the legacy he’s leaving behind.

From Time

Olympia District 16 in McLean County publishes its own online dashboard that updates daily.

“We’re pretty sure there’s at least one nest” somewhere near Birch Bay along the Washington coast, says Karla Salp, a spokesperson for the Washington State Department of Agriculture in Olympia.

In order to build a bit of stability, when Rivera was 7 his parents chose to settle in Olympia, Washington — just over 60 miles south of Seattle — for a few years, and his grandparents left Puerto Rico for the Pacific Northwest to help with the kids.

From Eater

He left the car at a gas station a block from the Olympia, and it was 6:55 when he walked into the dressing room.

The books have sold over six million copies, and birthed a TV mini-series in the early 1990s starring Olympia Dukakis.

Charlotte Olympia deleted the picture hours after it went viral.

This modest dive bar in Olympia, Washington, is more than meets the eye.

So the Olympia Snowe types who helped broker compromises have left or been defeated.

The Olympia hurled about 70 5-inch shells and 16 8-inch shells, and the Petrel and the Raleigh about the same number each.

He carried within him an Olympia of his own, to the deities of which he did homage with all his soul.

He started out with his flagship, named the Reina Cristina, straight for the Olympia, which he hoped to cut in two.

In an instant a great eight-inch shell from the Olympia went screaming through the air.

The facilities at Olympia for carrying on excavations are stated by Professor Ross to be very great.

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