Olympia (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. a plain in ancient Elis, Greece, where the ancient Olympic Games were held.
  2. a city in and the capital of Washington State, on the southern end of Puget Sound.
  3. a common oyster, Ostrea lurida, of the Pacific coast of North America.
  4. a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “of Olympus.”
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)
Olympia (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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