Olympia
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek Ὀλυμπία (Olumpía), from Ὄλυμπος (Ólumpos, “Olympus”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Olympia
- An ancient city in Greece, home of the very first Olympic Games.
- A place in the United States:
- The state capital of Washington, and the county seat of Thurston County.
- A ghost town in Lowndes County, Georgia.
- An unincorporated community in Bath County, Kentucky.
- An unincorporated community in Cedar County, Missouri.
- A census-designated place in Richland County, South Carolina.
- A female given name from Ancient Greek; quite rare in English.
Translations
[edit]ancient city in Greece
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capital of Washington
female given name
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek Ὀλυμπία (Olumpía).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Olympia
- (uncountable) Olympia (city in ancient Greece)
- (uncountable) Olympia (any of modern cities with that name)
- (countable) Olympia (female first name, hardly used in Finland)
Declension
[edit]Inflection of Olympia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Olympia | Olympiat | ||
genitive | Olympian | Olympioiden Olympioitten | ||
partitive | Olympiaa | Olympioita | ||
illative | Olympiaan | Olympioihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Olympia | Olympiat | ||
accusative | nom. | Olympia | Olympiat | |
gen. | Olympian | |||
genitive | Olympian | Olympioiden Olympioitten Olympiain rare | ||
partitive | Olympiaa | Olympioita | ||
inessive | Olympiassa | Olympioissa | ||
elative | Olympiasta | Olympioista | ||
illative | Olympiaan | Olympioihin | ||
adessive | Olympialla | Olympioilla | ||
ablative | Olympialta | Olympioilta | ||
allative | Olympialle | Olympioille | ||
essive | Olympiana | Olympioina | ||
translative | Olympiaksi | Olympioiksi | ||
abessive | Olympiatta | Olympioitta | ||
instructive | — | Olympioin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
[edit]- olympiakomitea
- olympialainen (“Olympic”)
Slovak
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Olympia f (genitive singular Olympie, nominative plural Olympie, declension pattern of ulica)
- Olympia (an ancient city in Greece, home of the very first Olympic Games)
- a female given name
Declension
[edit]Declension of Olympia
Further reading
[edit]- “Olympia”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
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- en:Ghost towns in Georgia, USA
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- en:Unincorporated communities in Kentucky, USA
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- en:Unincorporated communities in Missouri, USA
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