OLYMPIA


Meaning of OLYMPIA in English

/euh lim"pee euh, oh lim"-/ , n.

1. a plain in ancient Elis, Greece, where the ancient Olympic Games were held.

2. a city in and the capital of Washington, in the W part, on Puget Sound. 27,447.

3. ( sometimes l.c. ) a common oyster, Ostrea lurida, of the Pacific coast of North America.

4. a female given name: from a Greek word meaning "of Olympus."

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .