Olympia

See also: olympia-

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ὀλυμπία (Olumpía), from Ὄλυμπος (Ólumpos, “Olympus”).

Proper noun

Olympia

1. An ancient city in Greece, home of the very first Olympic Games.
2. The capital city of the state of Washington in the United States of America, and the county seat of Thurston County.
3. A female given name from Ancient Greek; quite rare in English.

Translations

ancient city in Greece

• Catalan: Olímpia
• Czech: Olympie (cs) f
• Danish: Olympia
• Finnish: Olympia (fi)
• French: Olympie (fr) f
• Greek: Ολυμπία (el) f (Olympía)

  Ancient: Ὀλυμπία f (Olumpía)

• Ido: Olimpia (io)
• Italian: Olimpia (it)
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• Latvian: Olimpija f
• Marathi: ऑलिम्पिया n (ǒlimpiyā)
• Polish: Olimpia (pl) f
• Portuguese: Olímpia (pt)
• Romanian: Olimpia f
• Russian: Оли́мпия (ru) f (Olímpija)
• Spanish: Olimpia (es)

capital of Washington

• Danish: Olympia
• Latvian: Olimpija f
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• Marathi: ऑलिम्पिया n (ǒlimpiyā)
• Romanian: Olympia f

female given name

• French: Olympe (fr) f
• Italian: Olimpia (it)
• Marathi: ऑलिम्पिया f (ǒlimpiyā)
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• Polish: Olimpia (pl) f
• Romanian: Olimpia f

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Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔlimpia/

Proper noun

Olympia f (genitive singular Olympie, nominative plural Olympie, declension pattern of ulica)

1. Olympia (ancient Greek place)
2. a female given name.

Declension

Declension of Olympia

	singular	plural
nominative	Olympia	Olympie
genitive	Olympie	Olympií
dative	Olympii	Olympiám
accusative	Olympiu	Olympie
locative	Olympii	Olympiách
instrumental	Olympiou	Olympiami

Further reading

• “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