About The Word Olympiad
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Olympiad
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What's The Definition Of Olympiad?
[n] the modern revival of the ancient games held once every 4 years in a selected country
[n] one of the 4-year intervals between Olympic Games; used to reckon time in ancient Greece for twelve centuries beginning in 776 BC Synonyms | Synonyms for Olympiad: Olympic Games | Olympics Related Terms | Find terms related to Olympiad: See Also | athletic competition | athletic contest | athletics | period | period of time | time period | Winter Olympic Games | Winter Olympics Olympiad In Webster's Dictionary \O*lym"pi*ad\, n.
The quadrennial celebration of the modern Olympic games; as,
the first Olympiad (1906).
\O*lym"pi*ad\ ([-o]*l[i^]m"p[i^]*[a^]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. |
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