Olympia

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

• IPA^(key): /əˈlɪmpi.ə/

Olympia

1. An ancient city in Greece, home of the very first Olympic Games.
2. A place in the United States:
   1. The state capital of Washington, and the county seat of Thurston County.
   2. A ghost town in Lowndes County, Georgia.
   3. An unincorporated community in Bath County, Kentucky.
   4. An unincorporated community in Cedar County, Missouri.
   5. A census-designated place in Richland County, South Carolina.
3. A female given name from Ancient Greek; quite rare in English.

From Ancient Greek Ὀλυμπία (Olumpía).

• IPA^(key): /ˈolympiɑ/, [ˈo̞lymˌpiɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -iɑ
• Syllabification^(key): O‧lym‧pi‧a

Olympia

1. (uncountable) Olympia (city in ancient Greece)
2. (uncountable) Olympia (any of modern cities with that name)
3. (countable) Olympia (female first name, hardly used in Finland)

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔlimpia/

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

1. Olympia (an ancient city in Greece, home of the very first Olympic Games)
2. a female given name

• “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