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Olympia

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Noun

1. capital of washington, olympia

capital of the state of Washington; located in western Washington on Puget Sound

2. olympia

a plain in Greece in the northwestern Peloponnese; the chief sanctuary of Zeus and the site of the original Olympian Games

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Olympia

see synonyms of olympia
noun
1. 
a plain in Greece, in the NW Peloponnese: in ancient times a major sanctuary of Zeus and site of the original Olympic Games
2. 
a port in W Washington, the state capital, on Puget Sound. Pop: 43 963 (2003 est)

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Olympia

see synonyms of olympia
noun
a feminine name
1. 
plain in ancient Elis, W Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic games
2. 
capital of Wash.: seaport on Puget Sound: pop. 43,000

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Olympia

see synonyms of olympia
A plain of southern Greece in the northwest Peloponnesus. It was a religious center devoted to the worship of Zeus and the site of the ancient Olympic Games. The statue of the Olympian Zeus by Phidias was one of the Seven Wonders of the World.
The capital of Washington, in the western part of the state on the southern end of Puget Sound. Settled c. 1845, it became the territorial capital in 1853.

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