Australian English Meaning of olympiad

Olympiad

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Wordnet

olympiad (n)

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

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

Webster

olympiad (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 Cor/bus in the foot race, which took place in the year 776 b.c.; as, the era of the olympiads.

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

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Olympiad

one of the four-year intervals between Olympic Games; used to reckon time in ancient Greece for twelve centuries beginning in 776 BC, the modern revival of the

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olympia => Olympia, olusatrum => olusatrum, olpe => Olpe, ology => -ology, olmsted => Olmsted,