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olym·pi·ad
\ōˈlimpēˌad\ noun
(-s)
Usage: often capitalized
Etymology: Middle French Olympiade, from Latin Olympiad-, Olympias, from Greek, from Olympia, plain in Elis in the northwestern Peloponnesus where the ancient Olympian games took place (from Olympos, a mountain in Elis + Greek -ia -y) + Greek -ad-, -as, feminine suffix denoting descent from or connection with
1. : one of the four-year intervals between Olympian games by which time was reckoned in ancient Greece
< the city was taken on the third month, on the day of the fast, upon the hundred and seventy-ninth olympiad — R.L.Odom >
2.
a. : a quadrennial celebration of the modern Olympic Games
< India, in the past five olympiads, has won 20 contests without defeat — Amateur Athlete >
b. : olympic games
< national olympiads > |