Meanings
- The highest mountain in Greece; in Ancient Greek mythology the home of the gods.
1 more example
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 rebuilt yard and into the new passenger station at Salonica.
1951 November, 'Pausanias', “To Greece by the "Simplon-Orient Express"”, in Railway Magazine, page 731
Origin
- Ancient GreekὌλυμπος
- LatinOlympus
- EnglishOlympus
From Latin Olympus, from Ancient Greek Ὄλυμπος (Ólumpos), likely of Pre-Greek origin.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek Ὄλυμπος
- Ὄλυμπος (Ólumpos)mountain
Arabic أُولِيمْبُوس
- أُولِيمْبُوس (ʔulimbus)mountain
Bulgarian Оли́мп
- Оли́мп (Olímp)mountain
Catalan Olimp
- Olimpmountain
Chinese Mandarin 奧林匹斯山 /奥林匹斯山
- 奧林匹斯山 /奥林匹斯山 (Àolínpǐsī shān)mountain
Czech Olymp
- Olympmountain
Dutch Olympus
- Olympusmountain
Finnish Olympos
- Olymposmountain
French Olympe
- Olympemountain
German Olymp
- Olympmountain
Greek Όλυμπος
- Όλυμπος (Ólympos)mountain
Hebrew אולימפוס
- אולימפוסmountain
Hindi ओलिंप
- ओलिंप (olimp)mountain
Irish Oilimpeas
- Oilimpeasmountain
Italian Olimpo
- Olimpomountain
Japanese オリンポス山
- オリンポス山 (Orimposu-san)mountain
Korean 올림포스산
- 올림포스산 (Ollimposeusan)mountain
Māori Orimapa
- Orimapamountain
Persian المپ
- المپ (olamp)mountain
Polish Olimp
- Olimpmountain
Portuguese Olimpo
- Olimpomountain
Russian Оли́мп
- Оли́мп (Olímp)mountain
Spanish Olimpo
- Olimpomountain
Tagalog Olimpo
- Olimpomountain
Turkish Olimpos
- Olimposmountain
Ukrainian Олі́мп
- Олі́мп (Olímp)mountain
Vietnamese núi Olympus
- núi Olympusmountain
Cite this entry
Olympus. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Olympus
“Olympus.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Olympus. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Olympus,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Olympus.
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