ōˈlimpēˌad noun
( -s )
Usage: often capitalized
Etymology: Middle French Olympiade, from Latin Olympiad-, Olympias, from Greek, from Olympia, plain in Elis in the northwestern Peloponnesus where the ancient Olympian games took place (from Olympos, a mountain in Elis + Greek -ia -y) + Greek -ad-, -as, feminine suffix denoting descent from or connection with
1. : one of the four-year intervals between Olympian games by which time was reckoned in ancient Greece
the city was taken on the third month, on the day of the fast, upon the hundred and seventy-ninth olympiad — R.L.Odom
2.
a. : a quadrennial celebration of the modern Olympic Games
India, in the past five olympiads, has won 20 contests without defeat — Amateur Athlete
b. : olympic games
national olympiads