Crossword clues for olympic
olympic
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Olympian \O*lym"pi*an\ ([-o]*l[i^]m"p[i^]*an), Olympic \O*lym"pic\ ([-o]*l[i^]m"p[i^]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.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1600, "of or in reference to Mount Olympos, also to Olympia (khora), town or district in Elis in ancient Greece, where athletic contests in honor of Olympian Zeus were held 776 B.C.E. and every four years thereafter; from Greek Olympikos, from Olympos, of unknown origin. The modern Olympic Games are a revival, begun in 1896. Not the same place as Mount Olympus, abode of the gods, which was in Thessaly.
WordNet
Wikipedia
Olympic or Olympics may refer to
Olympic is one of the 17 constituencies of the Yau Tsim Mong District Council in Hong Kong. The seat elects one member of the council every four years. It was first created in and is now held by the Democratic Party's James To. The boundary is loosely based on the area of Olympian City.
Olympic is a Czech rock band, founded in 1962 in Prague. The group celebrated 50 years in 2012.
The Olympic soil series is a type of deep, dark reddish brown moderately fine-textured soil which has developed on mafic rock such as basalt. The series covers large areas in southwestern Washington and western Oregon, and usually supports luxuriant forests of Douglas-fir, red alder, western redcedar, western hemlock, and bigleaf maple.
The Olympic is a greyhound racing competition held annually at Brighton & Hove Greyhound Stadium.
It was inaugurated in 1947 at Wandsworth Stadium. Following the closure of Wandsworth in June 1966 the competition switched to Charlton Stadium which itself closed in September 1971. After an eight year gap the event was resurrected by Hove in 1979 and has remained there since.
Usage examples of "olympic".
He relied entirely on Matatu to Pick UP any sign of a booby trap or antipersonnel mine that might have been laid on the tracks to hinder pursuit, but apart from that they went in single file at a speed not much below that of an Olympic marathon.
We ate lunch from folding tables in the bacchante room so we could watch the replays of the Olympic events.
Heavy tumbled off, turned a flip and landed miraculously upright on a barstool as neatly as an Olympic gymnast.
Special Warfare Group One or Special Warfare Group Two, or been tasked with staging the SEAL regatta in Coronado or organizing the Navy Olympic bobsled team.
Olympic bobsledder whistling down a luge chute, but the torrent repeatedly, insistently rolled me, pushing my face under the flow.
I tried to stay on my back, face up, rocketing along with the fatalism of an Olympic bobsledder whistling down a luge chute, but the torrent repeatedly, insistently rolled me, pushing my face under the flow.
Sermon recalled then that Barrowdene was famous for cross-country events and that several old Harrovians had made reputations for themselves in Olympic Events in post-war years.
Muck flying from his boots as he ran, Skorzeny covered the couple of hundred meters out to the panzer in time an Olympic sprinter might have envied.
He snapshot again as Lafarge pistoned up from the floor, running like an Olympic hurdler and leaping desks with a raking stride.
From the sixth century Before the Common Era, the Pythian games, one of the great quartet of Panhellenic festivals, had been held in the third year of the Olympic cycle.
Olympic triathalon version of rubbing your stomach and patting your head at the same time, only she has to do it every week, and she also does the books and the ordering.
From these customs were derived the Isthmian, Nemean, Pythic, and Olympic games, together with those at Delos.
The Quinault people represent a rich resource of art and culture on the Olympic Peninsula.
So on the evening before the 26th of January, there was my table covered with brand-new warm Olympic underwear, ski pants, a couple of pullovers, a windbreaker and, last but not least, a pair of skis with bindings, and next to them the boots.
Olympic highway extension up to Whistler-an obligatory topic when two or more Vancouverites got together.