Olympia
[əu'limpiə]
Definition
(noun.) a plain in Greece in the northwestern Peloponnese; the chief sanctuary of Zeus and the site of the original Olympian Games.
(noun.) capital of the state of Washington; located in western Washington on Puget Sound.
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Examples
- But Henry must not be disappointed of his recitation, and Olympia will deign to oblige him. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- A still more important link of Hellenic union was the Olympian games that were held every four years at Olympia. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Admiral Dewey’s ship, the Olympia, returning from the Philippines, paid for her toll $3,516. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Olympias then reappeared in Macedonia, a woman proudly vindicated. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It was not long before Olympias and Philip were bitterly estranged. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The lives of both Philip and his son were pervaded by the personality of a restless and evil woman, Olympias, the mother of Alexander. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- There are many signs that Olympias did her best to set her son against his father and attach him wholly to herself. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Olympias went home to Epirus; Alexander departed to Illyria. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Finally Olympias was killed in Macedonia by the friends of those she had slain. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Mixed with the craziness of Olympias in Alexander was the sanity of Philip and the teachings of Aristotle. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It was at the marriage of his daughter to her uncle, the king of Epirus and the brother of Olympias, that Philip was stabbed. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He was thinking of the political structure he was building--but the mother was thinking of the glory and pride of that wonderful lady Olympias. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Whatever Olympias may have done about her husband's assassin, history does not doubt about her treatment of her supplanter, Cleopatra. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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