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)
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She told the event at London's Olympia that even though she lost out to Yousaf, she "absolutely won the public support".
From BBC • Jul. 2, 2026
Williams says she’s coming back for her kids—she wants Olympia and younger sister Adira to see her play.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 30, 2026
She has since given birth to two daughters - Olympia, now aged eight, and two-year-old Adira.
From BBC • Jun. 22, 2026
In contrast to Cricket, who skates along with no end plan, Olympia is a committed careerist, an artist who insists on a captive audience to justify her work.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026
And there are photos of them doing stuff in the world: cleaning the litter in Carkeek Park, volunteering in a soup kitchen, marching with picket signs at the capitol building in Olympia.
From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day
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