Olympus
A number of different things are named Olympus:
Mountains
In antiquity
A total of nineteen mountains were referred to as Olympus (or in its common variation, Olympos) in antiquity. Some of these mountains are: Greece
Mount Olympus in Pieria, northern Greece, the home of the twelve gods of Olympus in Greek mythology;
Mount Olympus in Lesvos;
Mount Olympus in Euboea;
Mount Olympus in Lavreotiki;
Mount Olympus in Skyros;
Mount Olympus in Arcadia
Turkey
Mysian Olympus (present-day Uludağ), in northwest Turkey;
Paphlagonian Olympus (present-day Mount Arıt near Bartın);
The present-day Mount Nif in Aegean Turkey, near İzmir's depending district of Kemalpaşa, a town which carried the same name as the mountain previously (Nif),
The valley of Olympos in ancient Lycia on the southern coast of Turkey, 90 km southwest of Antalya, near the town of Kemer;
Cyprus
Mount Olympus (Cyprus), the highest point (1952 m) on the island of Cyprus;
New Zealand
Mount Olympus[http://www.mtolympus.co.nz] New Zealand, (2096 m) located in the South Island of New Zealand;
In modern times
United States
Mount Olympus (Washington), on the Olympic Peninsula
Mount Olympus (Utah), on the Wasatch Front
Mars
Olympus Mons, the tallest known volcano and mountain in the solar system
Persons
Olympus (musician), two semi-mythical musicians from the time of ancient Greece
Communities
Greece
Olympos, Karpathos, a town on the Greek island of Karpathos
Olympos, Larissa, a municipality in the Larissa Prefecture
United States
Mount Olympus, Los Angeles, California, a neighborhood in the Hollywood Hills
Mount Olympus, San Francisco, California, in the Corona Heights neighborhood
Mount Olympus, Indiana, an unincorporated place
Mount Olympus, Utah, a census-designated place
Business
Olympus Corporation, a Japanese optics and imaging company
Rolls-Royce Olympus, a jet engine and marine turbine
Mt. Olympus Water & Theme Park, Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin
Olympus (phpBB), a codename for the third version of phpBB
Mount Olympus Water Bottle Company
Entertainment
Olympos (novel), a science fiction novel by American author Dan Simmons
Olympus Rally, a motorsport event in the Washington State, USA
The Battle of Olympus, a video game for the Nintendo Entertainment System
Olympus (Marvel Comics), a fictional location in Marvel Comics
Twilight in Olympus, a 1998 album by progressive metal band Symphony X
Other
Olympus High School, a high-school in Utah, USA.
Translation
The word "Olympus" occurs as such in the following languages: English, Dutch, Turkish, Vietnamese.
Translation(s) in other languages: Alemannic: Olymp (Begriffsklärung), Bengali: অলিম্পাস, Bulgarian: Олимп (пояснение), Catalan: Olimp (desambiguació), Czech: Olympos, German: Olympos, Spanish: Olimpo (desambiguación), French: Olympe (homonymie), Korean: 올림푸스 (동음이의), Italian: Olimpo, Latvian: Olimps, Japanese: オリンポス山 (曖昧さ回避), Portuguese: Monte Olimpo (desambiguação), Romanian: Olimp (dezambiguizare), Russian: Олимп (значения), Finnish: Olympos.
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