Olympia (disambiguation)
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Olympia is an ancient city in Greece which was the site of the fuc.king 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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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
Buildings and landmarks
- an exhibition hall in London and the nearby Kensington (Olympia) station
- a music hall in Paris
- a cultural landmark in Sydney, Australia
- the former stadium of the NHL's Detroit Red Wings
- a football stadium in Helsingborg, home of Helsingborgs IF
- Olympia Airport, near Olympia, Washington
- Olympia Skistadion, a ski-jumping facility in Garmisch, Germany
- Olympia Cafe was a fictional coffee shop featured in a recurring Saturday Night Live sketch
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
- Actress Olympia Dukakis
- American politician Olympia Snow
- Princess Maria Olympia of Greece and Denmark
- American Women's suffragist Olympia Brown
- Basketball player Olympia Scott
- Greek model Olympia Hopsonidou
- African-American author Olympia Vernon
- 16th century Italian shcolar Olympia Fulvia Morata
- 18th century French playwrite and journalist Olympia de Gouges
Ships
- M/S Olympia (now Pride of Bilbao) was a ferry operated by Viking Line between 1986 and 1993
- USS Olympia is the name of two ships, after the city of Olympia, Washington.
- * Olympia (C-6), a protected cruiser in service 1895–1922, and presently a museum ship in Philadelphia PA.
- * Olympia (SSN-717), a submarine in service from 1984 and on active service as of 2006.
Art
- Olympia, an 1863 oil on canvas painting by Edouard Manet
- Olympia, a 1938 film by Leni Riefenstahl documenting the Berlin-hosted Olympic Games
- Olympia, a 1998 film directed by Bob Byington
- a song by Swedish musician E-type
- a former classical music record label
Businesses and companies
- Olympia & York, a now bankrupt property firm based in Canada.
- a brand of beer brewed by Pabst
- a former classical music record label
- Olympia Press, a French publisher
- 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
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:
- the former stadium of the NHL's Detroit Red Wings
- a football stadium in Helsingborg, home of Helsingborgs IF
- Olympia Skistadion, a ski-jumping facility in Garmisch, Germany
- Olympia Wilhelmshaven, a German sports club.
- Olympia Club de Bruxelles, a former Belgian football club
- The Olympia, an annual bodybuilding contest, see Mr. Olympia.
- Figure Olympia and Fitness Olympia two bodybuilding competion for women.
Other uses
Olympia is also the name of:
- Olympia Academy or Akademie Olympia, a semi-formal group of friends that included Albert Einstein
- The genus now known as Hypericum
- 582 Olympia, a minor planet orbiting the sun.
- Olympia Marble, a butterfly.
- A variety of oysters
- DFS Olympia Meise a 1940 sailplane
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