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Paralympic Games

Paralympic Games proper noun: an international sports competition participated in by sportspeople with physical disabilities, which is held every four years as a counterpart of the Olympic Games and nowadays at the same venue.

Proper noun

the Paralympic Games pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) An international sports competition participated in by sportspeople with physical disabilities, which is held every four years as a counterpart of the Olympic Games and nowadays at the same venue.
    • The flames will then be joined together next week at Stoke Mandeville in Buckinghamshire, the home of the Paralympics, and the united flame will make its final journey to London for the opening of the 14th Paralympic Games next Wednesday.2012 August 21, Alexandra Topping, “Paralympic flames light up countdown to biggest Games in history”, in The Guardian

Paralympic Games meaning in Arabic

Paralympic Games in Arabic

international sports competition participated in by sportspeople with physical disabilities — see also Paralympics
أَلْعَاب بَارَالِمْبِيَّة ʔalʕāb bārālimbiyya

Synonyms of Paralympic Games

Origin of Paralympic Games

Blend of paraplegic + Olympic Games.

Questions about Paralympic Games

What does Paralympic Games mean?
Paralympic Games means an international sports competition participated in by sportspeople with physical disabilities, which is held every four years as a counterpart of the Olympic Games and nowadays at the same venue.
What is Paralympic Games in Arabic?
Paralympic Games in Arabic is أَلْعَاب بَارَالِمْبِيَّة (ʔalʕāb bārālimbiyya). See Paralympic Games meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is Paralympic Games?
Paralympic Games is a proper noun.

Words near Paralympic Games in the dictionary

  1. Paralympiads
  2. Paralympian
  3. Paralympians
  4. paralympic
  5. Paralympic Agitos
  6. Paralympic Games
  7. Paralympics
  8. paralysable
  9. paralysant
  10. paralysants
  11. paralysation

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