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Meanings of Olympiad in English
Period of four years associated with the Olympic Games of the Ancient Greeks.
Related terms
The modern revival of the ancient games held once every 4 years in a selected country.
Usage of Olympiad in English
1
You can argue about whether the already-postponed Olympiad should still go ahead.
2
Great Britain's successes in the Games of the 29th Olympiad were vexing.
3
Like it or not, the Games of the XXXI Olympiad are coming.
4
Explain the following terms: oracle; amphictyony; helot; Hellas; Olympiad; and ephors.
5
His work includes Nest, which was commissioned by the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad.
6
The first Olympiad is generally considered as corresponding with the year 776 B.C.
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The first historical Nemead is presented as belonging to Olympiad B.C.
8
Some time before the twenty-ninth Olympiad, Butades of Sicyon, the potter, settled there.
9
It was the stirring backdrop to Leni Riefenstahl's powerful Olympiad documentaries.
10
IRELAND lost its first two matches at the World Bridge Olympiad in Rhodes yesterday.
11
And, finally, under the brightest, bonniest moon of the Athens Olympiad, a British gold.
12
A baton, in the eternal Olympiad, was being handed on.
13
It was a machine Olympiad, a thing to date from.
14
Known as the Cultural Olympiad, it has grown steadily in importance over the past century.
15
All epochs were reckoned from them; as events occurring in such or such an Olympiad.
16
That was in the thirty-seventh Olympiad, and may be regarded as characteristic of the age.
Frequent collocations
Translations for Olympiad
Portuguese
Catalan
Olympiad through the time