In 776 B.C., the first Olympic Games were held at the foot of Mount Olympus to honor the Greeks' chief god, Zeus.
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Olympus
//əˈlɪmpəs//
Synonyms for "olympus" (7 found)
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Translations
35 translations across 34 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- Ὄλυμπος name (mountain)
Arabic
1 entries- أُولِيمْبُوس name (mountain)
Armenian
1 entries- Օլիմպոս name (mountain)
Belarusian
1 entries- Алі́мп name (mountain)
Bulgarian
1 entries- Оли́мп name (mountain)
Catalan
1 entries- Olimp name (mountain)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 奧林匹斯山 /奥林匹斯山 name (mountain)
Czech
1 entries- Olymp name (mountain)
Dutch
1 entries- Olympus name (mountain)
Finnish
1 entries- Olympos name (mountain)
French
1 entries- Olympe name (mountain)
Georgian
1 entries- ოლიმპო name (mountain)
German
1 entries- Olymp name (mountain)
Greek
1 entries- Όλυμπος name (mountain)
Hebrew
1 entries- אולימפוס name (mountain)
Hindi
1 entries- ओलिंप name (mountain)
Inuktitut
1 entries- ᐅᓕᒻᐳᔅ name (mountain)
Irish
1 entries- Oilimpeas name (mountain)
Italian
1 entries- Olimpo name (mountain)
Japanese
1 entries- オリンポス山 name (mountain)
Korean
1 entries- 올림포스 산 name (mountain)
Macedonian
1 entries- О́лимп name (mountain)
Māori
1 entries- Orimapa name (mountain)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- اولیمپوس name (mountain)
Persian
1 entries- المپ name (mountain)
Polish
1 entries- Olimp name (mountain)
Portuguese
1 entries- Olimpo name (mountain)
Russian
1 entries- Оли́мп name (mountain)
Sicilian
2 entries- Alimpu name (mountain)
- Ulimpu name (mountain)
Spanish
1 entries- Olimpo name (mountain)
Tagalog
1 entries- Olimpo name (mountain)
Turkish
1 entries- Olimpos name (mountain)
Ukrainian
1 entries- Олі́мп name (mountain)
Vietnamese
1 entries- núi Olympus name (mountain)
Sample sentences
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Olympus? Isn't that where Greek gods hang out or something?
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Every Olympus has a byroad to its top.
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Mount Olympus is the highest mountain in the solar system.
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