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olympiad |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Olympiad \O*lym"pi*ad\, n. The quadrennial celebration of the modern Olympic games; as the first Olympiad (1906). From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Olympiad \O*lym"pi*ad\ ([-o]*l[i^]m"p[i^]*[a^]d), n. [L. olympias, -adis, Gr 'olympia`s, -a`dos, fr 'O`lympos Olympus, a mountain in Macedonia: cf F. olympiade.] (Greek Antiq.) 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[oe]bus in the foot race, which took place in the year 776 b.c.; as the era of the olympiads. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: Olympiad n 1: one of the 4-year intervals between Olympic Games; used to reckon time in ancient Greece beginning in 776 BC [syn: {Olympiad}] 2: the modern revival of the ancient games held once every 4 years in a selected country [syn: {Olympic Games}, {Olympics}, {Olympiad}]
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