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Definition of Olympiad

1. Noun. One of the four-year intervals between Olympic Games; used to reckon time in ancient Greece for twelve centuries beginning in 776 BC.

2. Noun. The modern revival of the ancient games held once every 4 years in a selected country.

Definition of Olympiad

1. n. 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 Corœbus in the foot race, which took place in the year 776 b.c.; as, the era of the olympiads.

2. n. The quadrennial celebration of the modern Olympic games; as, the first Olympiad (1906).

Definition of Olympiad

1. a celebration of the Olympic Games [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Olympiad

ololiuqui ololiuquis olophonia oloroso olorosos olpae olpe olpes Olszewski olusatrum

olycook olycooks olykoek olykoeks Olympia Olympiad olympiads Olympian olympian forehead Olympian Games

Olympic Olympics Olympic Games Olympic god Olympic National Park olympic salamander Olympus om omadhaun omadhauns

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