Olympia

The name Olympia may refer to:

Places

Olympia, Greece, the site of the ancient Olympic Games
Olympia, Washington, the capital city of Washington state.
Olympia Heights, Florida
Olympia Fields, Illinois
Olímpia, Brazil, in São Paulo

Buildings and landmarks

Detroit Olympia, the former stadium of the NHL's Detroit Red Wings
Liverpool Olympia, a theatre in Liverpool, UK
Olympia (stadium), a football stadium in Helsingborg, Sweden, home of Helsingborgs IF
Olympia High School (Washington), an American high school in Washington State
Olympia, London, an exhibition centre in London, UK
Olympia Milk Bar, a cultural landmark in Sydney, Australia
Olympia Skistadion, a ski-jumping facility in Garmisch, Germany
Olympia Theatre, Dublin, a concert hall in Dublin, Ireland.
Olympia Theatre, a now-demolished theatre complex in New York, USA.
Olympic Stadium (Berlin), a stadium originally built for the (cancelled) 1916 Summer Olympics
Paris Olympia, a music hall in Paris, France

People

Olympias, the mother of Alexander the Great
Olympia Dukakis (b. 1931), actress
Olympia Snowe (b. 1947), US Senator from Maine
Princess Maria-Olympia of Greece and Denmark (b. 1967), daughter of Pavlos, Crown Prince of Greece

Ships

USS Olympia, referring to two ships named after the city of Olympia, Washington
M/V Olympia (later Pride of Bilbao), a ferry operated by Viking Line between 1986 and 1993
Olympia, later MS Regal Empress, an ocean liner

Art

Olympia (Manet), an 1863 oil on canvas painting by Edouard Manet
Olympia (Magritte), an 1948 oil on canvas painting by René Magritte
Olympia (1938 film), by Leni Riefenstahl, documenting the Berlin-hosted Olympic Games
Olympia (1998 film), about a Mexican soap opera star who pursues a career as an athlete
"Olympia" (song), by Sergio Mendes from his album Confetti written for the 1984 Summer Olympics
Olympia (song)by Jon Anderson from his album Animation (album)

Businesses and companies

Olympia and York, a now bankrupt property firm based in Canada
Olympia Brewing Company (1896-2003) in Washington State
Olympia Flooring and Tile a tile wholesaler in Canada
Olympia Press, a French publisher
Olympia Sports Camp, a Sports Camp near Huntsville, Ontario
Olympia College, a for-profit group of American colleges, part of the Everest College system
Olympia Werke, a German typewriter company, now dedicated to import office goods

Sports

Olympia Larissa BC, a basketball club based in Larissa, Greece
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, women's bodybuilding competition
Fitness Olympia, women's bodybuilding competition

Other uses

Olympia (comics), a fictional city in Marvel Comics
Olympia, a junior synonym of the plant genus Hypericum (St. John's-worts)
Olympia, a CD imprint of the Russian label Melodiya
Olympia Motor Show, a British automobile event
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 North American butterfly
Olympia oyster, a Pacific coast oyster
Opel Olympia

Translation

The word "Olympia" occurs as such in the following languages: English, Danish, German, French, Italian, Latin, Latvian, Dutch, Norwegian (Bokmål), Norwegian (Nynorsk), Polish, Slovak, Finnish, Turkish.

Translation(s) in other languages: Arabic: أوليمبيا, Bulgarian: Олимпия, Catalan: Olímpia, Greek: Ολυμπία, Spanish: Olimpia (desambiguación), Korean: 올림피아, Hebrew: אולימפיה (פירושונים), Japanese: オリンピア, Portuguese: Olímpia (desambiguação), Russian: Олимпия (значения), Slovenian: Olimpija (razločitev), Swedish: Olympia (olika betydelser), Ukrainian: Олімпія.