- trademark of or relating to the Olympic Games
- of or relating to ancient Olympia
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O•lym•pic
(ə lim′pik, ō lim′-),USA pronunciation adj.
n.
- of or pertaining to the Olympic Games:an Olympic contender.
- of or pertaining to Olympia, in Greece.
- pertaining to Mount Olympus, in Greece.
- Olympian (def. 3).
n.
- an Olympian deity.
- Olympics. See Olympic Games. (def. 2).
- Greek Olympikós. See Olympus, -ic
- Latin Olympicus of Olympus, of Olympia
- 1590–1600
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Olympic /əˈlɪmpɪk/ adj
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- Coe
- Comaneci
- Curry
- Drobny
- Elis
- flyweight
- Freeman
- game
- Griffith-Joyner
- Gunnell
- IOC
- Johnson
- Juantorena
- Lewis
- Llewellyn
- Nurmi
- Olympia
- Olympiad
- Olympian
- Olympic Games
- Olympic Mountains
- Olympic Peninsula
- Olympus
- Ovett
- Paralympics
- Phelps
- Pinsent
- record
- Redgrave
- Snell
- Thompson
- Thorpe
- Torvill and Dean
- Turishcheva
- Viren
- Washington
- Weissmuller
- Zátopek
- Makah
- Olympic National Park
- Olympic-size
- Pan American Games
- Winter Games
- spitz
- Summer Games