Olympia
Americannoun
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a plain in ancient Elis, Greece, where the ancient Olympic Games were held.
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a city in and the capital of Washington State, on the southern end of Puget Sound.
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Also called Olympia oyster. a common oyster, Ostrea lurida, of the Pacific coast of North America.
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a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “of Olympus.”
noun
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a plain in Greece, in the NW Peloponnese: in ancient times a major sanctuary of Zeus and site of the original Olympic Games
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a port in W Washington, the state capital, on Puget Sound. Pop: 43 963 (2003 est)
Example Sentences
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"Everybody was rejoicing to know that we get saved because we thought we were going to die," Olympia Outten, one of the passengers on the plane, said afterwards.
From BBC • May 14, 2026
Moonstruck supporting actress Olympia Dukakis' statuette was stolen from her home and the thief tried to ransom it.
From BBC • May 1, 2026
There are now more than a dozen similar bills winding through statehouses from Olympia, Wash., to Albany, N.Y., as legislators try to rein in a practice the majority of Americans see as dangerous and corrosive.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2026
“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 • Dec. 23, 2025
“What are we going to learn from all the medals?” asked Sierra as the bookmobile raced back to Olympia Village.
From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein
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