Olympiad word meaning and definition
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[noun] one of the 4-year intervals between Olympic Games; used to reckon time in ancient Greece for twelve centuries beginning in 776 BC
\O*lym"pi*ad\ ([-o]*l[i^]m"p[i^]*[a^]d), n. [L. olympias, -adis, Gr. 'olympia`s, -a`dos, fr. 'O`lympos Olympus, a mountain in Macedonia: cf. F. olympiade.] (Greek Antiq.) 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[oe]bus in the foot race, which took place in the year 776 b.c.; as, the era of the olympiads.
Synonyms for olympiad
Olympic Games, Olympics
See also: athletic competition | athletic contest | athletics | period | period of time | time period | Winter Olympic Games | Winter Olympics |
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Let's analyse "olympiad" as pure text. This string has Eight letters in Four syllables and Three vowels (In our algorithm Y is not counted as vowel, but in English language, sometimes it sounds like one). 37.5% of vowels is 1.1% less then average English word. Written in backwards: DAIPMYLO. Average typing speed for these characters is 2180 milliseconds. [info]
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olympiad: 6 + 9 + 1 = 16, reduced: 7 (or 5 if Y is vowel too). and the final result is Seven. |
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