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Meanings of Olympiad in inglês

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Period of four years associated with the Olympic Games of the Ancient Greeks.

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

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                Usage of Olympiad in inglês
                1
                You can argue about whether the already-postponed Olympiad should still go ahead.
                Radio NZ
                2
                Great Britain's successes in the Games of the 29th Olympiad were vexing.
                The Guardian
                3
                Like it or not, the Games of the XXXI Olympiad are coming.
                The Irish Times
                4
                Explain the following terms: oracle; amphictyony; helot; Hellas; Olympiad; and ephors.
                Early European History
                5
                His work includes Nest, which was commissioned by the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad.
                The Irish Times
                6
                The first Olympiad is generally considered as corresponding with the year 776 B.C.
                Bulfinch's Mythology: The Age of Fable
                7
                The first historical Nemead is presented as belonging to Olympiad B.C.
                The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 01
                8
                Some time before the twenty-ninth Olympiad, Butades of Sicyon, the potter, settled there.
                Greek Studies: a Series of Essays
                9
                It was the stirring backdrop to Leni Riefenstahl's powerful Olympiad documentaries.
                The Guardian
                10
                IRELAND lost its first two matches at the World Bridge Olympiad in Rhodes yesterday.
                The Irish Times
                11
                And, finally, under the brightest, bonniest moon of the Athens Olympiad, a British gold.
                The Guardian
                12
                A baton, in the eternal Olympiad, was being handed on.
                The Irish Times
                13
                It was a machine Olympiad, a thing to date from.
                When God Laughs, and Other Stories
                14
                Known as the Cultural Olympiad, it has grown steadily in importance over the past century.
                The Irish Times
                15
                All epochs were reckoned from them; as events occurring in such or such an Olympiad.
                Ten Great Religions: An Essay in Comparative Theology
                16
                That was in the thirty-seventh Olympiad, and may be regarded as characteristic of the age.
                Greek Studies: a Series of Essays