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Olympus en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• /əˈlɪmpəs/
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Etymology

From Latin Olympus, from Ancient Greek Ὄλυμπος (Ólumpos), likely of Pre-Greek origin.

Meanings

1. The highest mountain in Greece; in Ancient Greek mythology the home of the gods.
   • Sleeping-car passengers, however, will know little of their entry into Greece until, at 6 a.m. on the third morning after leaving Paris, the short train runs over the Vardar plain, with dawn glimpses of Mount Athos to the east and of cloud-capped Olympus across the gulf to the south, past the rebuilt yard and into the new passenger station at Salonica. 1951 November, 'Pausanias', “To Greece by the "Simplon-Orient Express"”, in Railway Magazine, page 731:

Relateds

Olympic · Olympia

Translations (35)

fi Olympos (mountain) · hy Օլիմպոս (mountain) · ko 올림포스산 (mountain) · cmn 奧林匹斯山 /奥林匹斯山 (mountain) · el Όλυμπος (mountain) · scn Ulimpu (mountain) · vi núi Olympus (mountain) · be Алі́мп (mountain) · he אולימפוס (mountain) · scn Alimpu (mountain) · mi Orimapa (mountain) · cs Olymp (mountain) · mk О́лимп (mountain) · ca Olimp (mountain) · de Olymp (mountain) · tl Olimpo (mountain) · hi ओलिंप (mountain) · ar أُولِيمْبُوس (mountain) · pl Olimp (mountain) · fa المپ (mountain) · ga Oilimpeas (mountain) · tr Olimpos (mountain) · bg Оли́мп (mountain) · fr Olympe (mountain) · es Olimpo (mountain) · ota اولیمپوس (mountain) · nl Olympus (mountain) · iu ᐅᓕᒻᐳᔅ (mountain) · pt Olimpo (mountain) · grc Ὄλυμπος (mountain) · ja オリンポス山 (mountain) · ka ოლიმპო (mountain) · ru Оли́мп (mountain) · uk Олі́мп (mountain) · it Olimpo (mountain)