Olympus n : a mountain peak in northeast Greece near the Aegean coast; believed by ancient Greeks to be the dwelling place of the gods (9,570 feet high) [syn: Mount Olympus, Mt. Olympus, Olimbos]

English

Etymology

From Ὄλυμπος

Proper noun

Olympus

1. The highest mountain in Greece

Translations

Mt. Olympus and Olympus can refer to:

Mountains

See List of peaks named Olympus* Mount Olympus in Pieria, northern Greece, the home of the twelve gods of Olympus in Greek mythology* Mount Olympus (Cyprus), the highest point (1952 m) on the island of Cyprus* Mount Olympus (Washington), on the Olympic Peninsula

• Mount Olympus (Utah), on the Wasatch Front* Olympus Mons, the tallest known volcano and mountain in our solar system

Persons

• Olympus (musician), two semi-mythical musicians from the time of ancient Greece

Communities

* Olympos, Karpathos, a town on the Greek island of Karpathos

• Olympos, Larissa, a municipality in the Larissa Prefecture* Olympos (a common variation of Olympus), a valley on the south coast of Turkey, 90 km southwest of Antalya, near the town of Kemer
• Uludağ, Mysian Olympus in northwest Turkey* Mount Olympus, Los Angeles, California, a neighborhood in the Hollywood Hills
• Mount Olympus, San Francisco, California, in the neighborhood of Parnassus/Ashbury Heights
• 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

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