Olympia
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Olympia is an ancient city in Greece which was the site of the Ancient Olympic Games. It is also the name of a province south of that city. Olympia, Washington is also the capital of the United States' state of Washington.
Related (though with an alternate spelling) is Olympias, the mother of Alexander the Great.
Olympia may also refer to
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[edit] Places
- Olympia, Greece
- Olympia, California, a city and a station site at the northern end of the Santa Cruz, Big Trees and Pacific Railway in Santa Cruz County, California
- Olympia, Washington
- Olympia Heights, Florida
- Olympia Fields, Illinois
- Olímpia, Brazil, in the state of São Paulo
[edit] Buildings and landmarks
- Olympia (stadium), a football stadium in Helsingborg, home of Helsingborgs IF
- Olympia, London, an exhibition hall
- Kensington (Olympia) station, near the London exhibition hall
- Olympia Airport, near Olympia, Washington
- Olympia Cafe, a fictional coffee shop featured in a recurring Saturday Night Live sketch
- Olympia Milk Bar, a cultural landmark in Sydney, Australia
- Olympia Skistadion, a ski-jumping facility in Garmisch, Germany
- Detroit Olympia, the former stadium of the NHL's Detroit Red Wings
- Paris Olympia, a music hall in Paris
- Olympia High School, a highschool in Central Florida
[edit] People
Olympia is a relatively common first name for women, especially among Greeks and people of Greek descent.
- Olympias, the mother of Alexander the Great
- Olympia Brown, American Women's suffragist
- Olympia de Gouges, an 18th century French playwright and journalist
- Olympia Dukakis, an actress
- Olympia Hopsonidou, a Greek model
- Olympia Fulvia Morata, a 16th century Italian scholar
- Olympia Scott, a basketball player
- Olympia Snowe, an American politician
- Olympia Vernon, an African-American author
- Princess Maria Olympia of Greece and Denmark
[edit] Ships
- M/S Olympia (now Pride of Bilbao), a ferry operated by Viking Line between 1986 and 1993
- USS Olympia, two ships named after the city of Olympia, Washington
- USS Olympia (C-6), a protected cruiser in service 1895–1922, and presently a museum ship in Philadelphia, PA
- USS Olympia (SSN-717), a submarine in service from 1984 and on active service as of 2006
[edit] Art
- Olympia (painting), an 1863 oil on canvas painting by Edouard Manet
- Olympia (film), a 1938 film by Leni Riefenstahl documenting the Berlin-hosted Olympic Games
- Olympia (1998 film), a 1998 film directed by Bob Byington
- Olympia (label), a former classical music record label
[edit] Businesses and companies
- Olympia & York, a now bankrupt property firm based in Canada
- Olympia Brewing Company, a brand of beer brewed by Pabst
- Olympia Business Systems, a corporation producing calculators, typewriters, shredders and other office machines
- Olympia College, a for-profit group of American colleges
- Olympia Floor and Tile a tile wholesaler in Canada
- Olympia Press, a French publisher
[edit] Sports
Because Olympia, Greece is the historical home of the Olympic games, Olympia is part of the name of a number of sports facilities and clubs:
- Detroit Olympia, the former stadium of the NHL's Detroit Red Wings
- Olympia (stadium), a football stadium in Helsingborg, home of Helsingborgs IF
- Olympia Club de Bruxelles, a former Belgian football club
- Olympia Skistadion, a ski-jumping facility in Garmisch, Germany
- Olympia Wilhelmshaven, a German sports club
- Mr. Olympia, an annual bodybuilding contest
- Figure Olympia and Fitness Olympia, two bodybuilding competitions for women
[edit] Other uses
Olympia is also the name of:
- Olympia, the genus now known as Hypericum
- 582 Olympia, a minor planet orbiting the sun
- DFS Olympia Meise, a 1940 sailplane
- Olympia Academy or Akademie Olympia, a semi-formal group of friends that included Albert Einstein
- Olympia Marble, a butterfly
- the Olympia oyster variety
- "Olympia, WA" is a song by the punk band Rancid
- OLYMPIA is the brand of ice resurfacer built by the Resurfice Corp. of Canada.
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