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   oil lamp
         n 1: a lamp that burns oil (as kerosine) for light [syn: {oil
               lamp}, {kerosene lamp}, {kerosine lamp}]

English Dictionary: olympic salamander by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Olimbos
n
  1. a mountain peak in northeast Greece near the Aegean coast; believed by ancient Greeks to be the dwelling place of the gods (9,570 feet high)
    Synonym(s): Olympus, Mount Olympus, Mt. Olympus, Olimbos
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Olympia
n
  1. capital of the state of Washington; located in western Washington on Puget Sound
    Synonym(s): Olympia, capital of Washington
  2. a plain in Greece in the northwestern Peloponnese; the chief sanctuary of Zeus and the site of the original Olympian Games
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Olympiad
n
  1. one of the four-year intervals between Olympic Games; used to reckon time in ancient Greece for twelve centuries beginning in 776 BC
  2. the modern revival of the ancient games held once every 4 years in a selected country
    Synonym(s): Olympic Games, Olympics, Olympiad
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Olympian
adj
  1. of the region of Olympia in Greece or its inhabitants; "Olympian plain"
    Synonym(s): Olympian, Olympic
  2. of or pertaining to the greater gods of ancient Greece whose abode was Mount Olympus; "Olympian deities"
  3. majestic in manner or bearing; superior to mundane matters; "his majestic presence"; "olympian detachment"; "olympian beauty and serene composure"
    Synonym(s): majestic, olympian
  4. far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree; "a night of exceeding darkness"; "an exceptional memory"; "olympian efforts to save the city from bankruptcy"; "the young Mozart's prodigious talents"
    Synonym(s): exceeding, exceptional, olympian, prodigious, surpassing
n
  1. an athlete who participates in the Olympic games
  2. a classical Greek god after the overthrow of the Titans
    Synonym(s): Olympian, Olympic god
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Olympian Games
n
  1. the ancient Panhellenic celebration at Olympia in honor of Zeus; held every 4 years beginning in 776 BC
    Synonym(s): Olympian Games, Olympic Games
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Olympian Zeus
n
  1. a seated statue of the supreme god of ancient Greek mythology created for the temple at Olympia; the statue was 40 feet tall and rested on a base that was 12 feet high
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Olympic
adj
  1. of or relating to the Olympic Games; "Olympic winners"
  2. of the region of Olympia in Greece or its inhabitants; "Olympian plain"
    Synonym(s): Olympian, Olympic
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Olympic Games
n
  1. the modern revival of the ancient games held once every 4 years in a selected country
    Synonym(s): Olympic Games, Olympics, Olympiad
  2. the ancient Panhellenic celebration at Olympia in honor of Zeus; held every 4 years beginning in 776 BC
    Synonym(s): Olympian Games, Olympic Games
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Olympic god
n
  1. a classical Greek god after the overthrow of the Titans
    Synonym(s): Olympian, Olympic god
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Olympic National Park
n
  1. a national park in Washington having rain forests of giant evergreens
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
olympic salamander
n
  1. small large-eyed semiaquatic salamander of the United States Northwest
    Synonym(s): olympic salamander, Rhyacotriton olympicus
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 WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Olympus
n
  1. a mountain peak in northeast Greece near the Aegean coast; believed by ancient Greeks to be the dwelling place of the gods (9,570 feet high)
    Synonym(s): Olympus, Mount Olympus, Mt. Olympus, Olimbos
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Olympiad \O*lym"pi*ad\, n.
      The quadrennial celebration of the modern Olympic games; as,
      the first Olympiad (1906).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Olympiad \O*lym"pi*ad\ ([osl]*l[icr]m"p[icr]*[acr]d), n. [L.
      olympias, -adis, Gr. 'olympia`s, -a`dos, fr. 'O`lympos
      Olympus, a mountain in Macedonia: cf. F. olympiade.] (Greek
      Antiq.)
      A period of four years, by which the ancient Greeks reckoned
      time, being the interval from one celebration of the Olympic
      games to another, beginning with the victory of Cor[oe]bus in
      the foot race, which took place in the year 776 b.c.; as, the
      era of the olympiads.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Olympic \O*lym"pic\, [or] Olympian \O*lym"pi*an\, games \games\
      .
      A modified revival of the ancient Olympian games, consisting
      of international athletic games, races, etc., now held once
      in four years, the first having been at Athens in 1896.

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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Olympianism \O*lym"pi*an*ism\, n.
      Worship of the Olympian gods, esp. as a dominant cult or
      religion.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Olympic \O*lym"pic\, [or] Olympian \O*lym"pi*an\, games \games\
      .
      A modified revival of the ancient Olympian games, consisting
      of international athletic games, races, etc., now held once
      in four years, the first having been at Athens in 1896.

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.

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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Stadium \[d8]Sta"di*um\, n.; pl. {Stadia}. [L., a stadium (in
      sense 1), from Gr. [?].]
      1. A Greek measure of length, being the chief one used for
            itinerary distances, also adopted by the Romans for
            nautical and astronomical measurements. It was equal to
            600 Greek or 625 Roman feet, or 125 Roman paces, or to 606
            feet 9 inches English. This was also called the {Olympic
            stadium}, as being the exact length of the foot-race
            course at Olympia. --Dr. W. Smith.
  
      2. Hence, a race course; especially, the Olympic course for
            foot races.
  
      3. A kind of telemeter for measuring the distance of an
            object of known dimensions, by observing the angle it
            subtends; especially (Surveying), a graduated rod used to
            measure the distance of the place where it stands from an
            instrument having a telescope, by observing the number of
            the graduations of the rod that are seen between certain
            parallel wires (stadia wires) in the field of view of the
            telescope; -- also called {stadia}, and {stadia rod}.

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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Olympionic \O*lym`pi*on"ic\, n. [Gr. [?] a conqueror in the
      Olympic games.]
      An ode in honor of a victor in the Olympic games. [R.]
      --Johnson.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Olimpo, PR (comunidad, FIPS 57075)
      Location: 18.00467 N, 66.10948 W
      Population (1990): 2460 (717 housing units)
      Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Olympia, KY
      Zip code(s): 40358
   Olympia, WA (city, FIPS 51300)
      Location: 47.04192 N, 122.89377 W
      Population (1990): 33840 (15928 housing units)
      Area: 41.8 sq km (land), 4.6 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 98501, 98502

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Olympia Fields, IL (village, FIPS 55938)
      Location: 41.51737 N, 87.69294 W
      Population (1990): 4248 (1434 housing units)
      Area: 7.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 60461

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Olympia Heights, FL (CDP, FIPS 51475)
      Location: 25.73690 N, 80.35653 W
      Population (1990): 37792 (12237 housing units)
      Area: 17.5 sq km (land), 1.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 33165, 33175, 33185

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Olympian Village, MO (city, FIPS 54686)
      Location: 38.13464 N, 90.45724 W
      Population (1990): 752 (225 housing units)
      Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Olympas
      a Roman Christian whom Paul salutes (Rom. 16:15).
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Olympas, heavenly
  
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