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OLYMPIAD
Olympiad
(noun) one of the four-year intervals between Olympic Games; used to reckon time in ancient Greece for twelve centuries beginning in 776 BC
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
olympiad (plural olympiads)
Alternative letter-case form of Olympiad
Etymology
Noun
Olympiad (plural Olympiads)
(historical) 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 Corbus in the foot race, which took place in the year 776 BC; as, the era of the olympiads.
An occurrence of the Olympic games.
A competition or series of competitions resembling an Olympiad, especially in science.
Synonyms
• (instance of the games): Olympics, Olympic Games, Games of the Olympiad
Source: Wiktionary
O*lym"pi*ad, n. Etym: [L. olympias, -adis, Gr. olympiade.] (Greek Antig.)
Definition: 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 Coroebus in the foot race, which took place in the year 776 b.c.; as, the era of the olympiads.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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