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Olympia

  • /əˈlɪmpi.ə/

Where it comes from

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

proper noun

  1. An ancient city in Greece, home of the ancient Olympic Games.
  2. The state capital of Washington, and the county seat of Thurston County. The Olympia City Council voted 4-3 Tuesday night against adopting a Workers’ Bill of Rights and raising the minimum wage across the city to $20. Mayor Dontae Payne cast the deciding vote.
  3. A ghost town in Lowndes County, Georgia.
  4. An unincorporated community in Bath County, Kentucky.
  5. An unincorporated community in Cedar County, Missouri.
  6. A census-designated place in Richland County, South Carolina.
  7. A female given name from Ancient Greek; quite rare in English.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: olympus, eden, olympiad, olympic, olimpia, olympic games, olympian, olympics, olympieion, olympism, olympianism, œniadæ, stadium, isthmia, œchalia, apollonia

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name ancient city in Greece

EspañolOlimpia
한국어올림피아 Ollimpia
日本語オリンピア Orinpia
中文奧林匹亞 /奥林匹亚 Àolínpǐyà
PortuguêsOlímpia
FrançaisOlympie
ItalianoOlimpia
ΕλληνικάΟλυμπία Olympía
RomânăOlimpia
РусскийОли́мпия Olímpija

name capital of Washington

한국어올림피아 Ollimpia
日本語オリンピア Orinpia
中文奧林匹亞 /奥林匹亚 Àolínpǐyà
RomânăOlympia

name female given name

FrançaisOlympe
ItalianoOlimpia
RomânăOlimpia

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MLA

"Olympia." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/olympia. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

Olympia. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/olympia

Chicago

"Olympia." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/olympia.

BibTeX
@misc{olympia_2026,
  title = {Olympia},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/olympia},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}