Olympia

American  

[uh-lim-pee-uh, oh-lim-] / əˈlɪm pi ə, oʊˈlɪm- /

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 Olympia oyster.  a common oyster, Ostrea lurida, of the Pacific coast of North America.

4. a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “of Olympus.”

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Olympia British  

/ 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

If Olympia makes it unattractive to build companies where that talent graduated, those founders will take their education—and the jobs they create—elsewhere.

From The Wall Street Journal

On a desk in Olympia, the new, expanded plan to keep everyone farther away from the mountain sat, unsigned.

From Literature

Kerri Atherton, from the British Toy and Hobby Association - which is hosting its annual trade fair at London's Olympia, said it was still too early to know what the fallout would be.

From BBC

“I could go to a Target, a Walmart, a HomeGoods,” said Wengel, 33 years old, a stay-at-home mother in Olympia, Wash. “But my dollar is not going to go as far.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Most impressively, the doc allows us to appreciate “Triumph of the Will” and “Olympia” while insisting that visual genius can never be enough.

From Los Angeles Times