Olivet

See also: olivet

English

Etymology

Named for Mount Olivet.

Proper noun

Olivet

1. A mountain in East Jerusalem, the Mount of Olives.
   • 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, Canto XXXI, page 50:

     From every house the neighbours met,
     ⁠The streets were fill’d with joyful sound,
     ⁠A solemn gladness even crown’d
     The purple brows of Olivet.

2. A locale in France.
   1. A town in Loiret department, Centre-Val de Loire.
   2. A town in Mayenne department, Pays de la Loire.
3. A locale in the United States.
   1. A city in Michigan.
   2. A census-designated place in Hardin County, Tennessee.
   3. A census-designated place in New Jersey.
   4. A census-designated place in Illinois.
   5. A town, the county seat of Hutchinson County, South Dakota; named for the city in Michigan.
   6. A city in Kansas.
   7. An unincorporated community in Giles County, Tennessee.
   8. An unincorporated community in Wisconsin.

Anagrams

• Violet, Voitel, toivel, violet