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English Dictionary: Olympics by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Olympics
n
  1. the modern revival of the ancient games held once every 4 years in a selected country
    Synonym(s): Olympic Games, Olympics, Olympiad
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Olympian \O*lym"pi*an\ (-[ait]n), Olympic \O*lym"pic\
      (-p[icr]k), a. [L. Olympius, Olympicus, Gr. 'Oly`mpios,
      'Olympiko`s, fr. 'O`lympos: cf. F. olympique. See
      {Olympiad}.]
      Of or pertaining to Olympus, a mountain of Thessaly, fabled
      as the seat of the gods, or to Olympia, a small plain in
      Elis.
  
      {Olympic games}, [or] {Olympics} (Greek Antiq.), the greatest
            of the national festivals of the ancient Greeks,
            consisting of athletic games and races, dedicated to
            Olympian Zeus, celebrated once in four years at Olympia,
            and continuing five days.
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