of or relating to the Olympic Games of or relating to ancient Olympia
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O•lym•pic
(ə lim′pik, ō lim′-),USA pronunciation adj.
n.
- of or pertaining to the Olympic Games:an Olympic contender.
- of or pertaining to Olympia, in Greece.
- pertaining to Mount Olympus, in Greece.
- Olympian (def. 3).
n.
- an Olympian deity.
- Olympics. See Olympic Games. (def. 2).
- Greek Olympikós. See Olympus, -ic
- Latin Olympicus of Olympus, of Olympia
- 1590–1600
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- Elis
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- Griffith-Joyner
- Gunnell
- IOC
- Johnson
- Juantorena
- Lewis
- Llewellyn
- Makah
- Nurmi
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- Olympiad
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- Olympic Mountains
- Olympic National Park
- Olympic Peninsula
- Olympic-size
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- Pan American Games
- Paralympics
- Phelps
- Pinsent
- Redgrave
- Snell
- Summer Games
- Thompson
- Thorpe
- Torvill and Dean
- Turishcheva
- Viren
- Washington
- Weissmuller
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