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[ uh-lim-pik, oh-lim- ] / əˈlɪm pɪk, oʊˈlɪm- /
adjectiveof or relating to the Olympic Games: an Olympic contender. of or relating to Olympia, in Greece. pertaining to Mount Olympus, in Greece. Olympian (def. 3). nounan Olympian deity. Olympics. Olympic Games (def. 2). Origin of Olympic1590–1600; <Latin Olympicus of Olympus, of Olympia <Greek Olympikós.See Olympus, -ic Words nearby OlympicOlwen, olykoek, Olympia, Olympiad, Olympian, Olympic, Olympic Games, Olympic Mountains, Olympic National Park, Olympic Peninsula, Olympic-size Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for OlympicAfter Olympic boxer Guillermo Rigondeux defected, his family suffered a form of domestic exile. The Life and Hard Times Of The Family A Cuban Defector Left Behind|Brin-Jonathan Butler|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST Available at Olympic Provisions Mexico: The Cookbook, $33 Is there anything better than genuine Mexican food? The Daily Beast’s 2014 Holiday Gift Guide: For the Anthony Bourdain in Your Life|Allison McNearney|November 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST The 41-year-old claims she met the Olympic champion on Tinder, and they fell in love. Exclusive: Michael Phelps’s Intersex Self-Proclaimed Girlfriend, Taylor Lianne Chandler, Tells All|Aurora Snow|November 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST We did a lot in our seven years for the kids, brought the Olympic Games to the country. Putin’s Hockey Pal Tells All: Slava Fetisov on ‘Red Army,’ Soviet Nostalgia, and What Drives Putin|Marlow Stern|October 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
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British Dictionary definitions for Olympic
adjectiveof or relating to the Olympic Games of or relating to ancient Olympia Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |