Word
Olympiad
How many syllables?
4 Syllables
How it's divided?
o-lym-pi-ad
Definition
- n. - A period of four years, by which the ancient Greeks
reckoned time, being the interval from one celebration of the Olympic
games to another, beginning with the victory of Cor/bus in the foot
race, which took place in the year 776 b.c.; as, the era of the
olympiads.
- noun - The modern revival of the ancient games held once every 4 years in a selected country
- noun - One of the four-year intervals between Olympic Games; used to reckon time in ancient Greece for twelve centuries beginning in 776 BC
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