Olympus
/əˈlɪmpəs/
Olympus proper noun: the highest mountain in Greece; in Ancient Greek mythology the home of the gods.
Proper noun
Olympus
- The highest mountain in Greece; in Ancient Greek mythology the home of the gods.
- Sleeping-car passengers, however, will know little of their entry into Greece until, at 6 a.m. on the third morning after leaving Paris, the short train runs over the Vardar plain, with dawn glimpses of Mount Athos to the east and of cloud-capped Olympus across the gulf to the south, past the...1951 November, 'Pausanias', “To Greece by the "Simplon-Orient Express"”, in Railway Magazine, page 731
Olympus meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Tagalog
Olympus in Hindi
- mountain
- ओलिंप olimp
Olympus in Tamil
- ஒலிம்பஸ்
Olympus in Bengali
- স্বর্গ
Olympus in Tagalog
- mountain
- Olimpo
More languagesFewer languages
- Olympus in Arabic
- أُولِيمْبُوس ʔulimbus
- Olympus in Persian
- المپ olamp
- Olympus in Vietnamese
- núi Olympus
Origin of Olympus
From Latin Olympus, from Ancient Greek Ὄλυμπος (Ólumpos), likely of Pre-Greek origin.
Questions about Olympus
- What does Olympus mean?
- Olympus means the highest mountain in Greece; in Ancient Greek mythology the home of the gods.
- What is Olympus in Hindi?
- Olympus in Hindi is ओलिंप (olimp). See Olympus meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Olympus?
- Olympus is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Olympus?
- Olympus is pronounced /əˈlɪmpəs/.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: Olympus (page history and authors); olympus (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); olympus (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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