Places

• Olympia, Greece
  Olympia, Greece
  Olympia , a sanctuary of ancient Greece in Elis, is known for having been the site of the Olympic Games in classical times, comparable in importance to the Pythian Games held in Delphi. Both games were held every Olympiad , the Olympic Games dating back possibly further than 776 BC...
  
  , the site of the ancient Olympic Games
• Olympia, Washington
  Olympia, Washington
  Olympia is the capital city of the U.S. state of Washington and the county seat of Thurston County. It was incorporated on January 28, 1859. The population was 46,478 at the 2010 census...
  
  , the capital city of Washington state.
• Olympia Heights, Florida
  Olympia Heights, Florida
  Olympia Heights is a census-designated place in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. The population was 13,488 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Olympia Heights is located at ....
  
  
• Olympia Fields, Illinois
  Olympia Fields, Illinois
  Olympia Fields is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 4,732 at the 2000 census. It is the location of the prestigious Olympia Fields Country Club, and is also noteworthy as one of the wealthiest majority black communities in the United States...
  
  
• Olímpia
  Olímpia
  Olímpia is a municipality in the northern part of the state of São Paulo, Brazil. The population, measured in 2010 by the IBGE, is 50,024 inhabitants. The city has an area of ....
  
  , a municipality of São Paulo, Brazil

Buildings and landmarks

• Olympia Apartments (Washington, D.C.)
  Olympia Apartments (Washington, D.C.)
  Olympia Apartments is an historic structure located in the Columbia Heights neighborhood in the Northwest Quadrant of Washington, D.C. Albert B. Morgan designed this apartment building and it was completed in 1898. The transitional mixture of Victorian and Beaux Arts styles reflects the period...
  
  , listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington, D.C.
• Detroit Olympia
  Detroit Olympia
  Olympia Stadium, better known as the Detroit Olympia and nicknamed The Old Red Barn, stood at 5920 Grand River Avenue in Detroit, Michigan from 1927 until 1987. It was best known as the home of the Detroit Red Wings hockey team of the National Hockey League from its opening until...
  
  , the former stadium of the NHL's Detroit Red Wings
• Kensington (Olympia) station
  Kensington (Olympia) station
  Kensington station is a station in West London managed and served by London Overground and also served by Southern and London Underground. It is in Travelcard Zone 2...
  
  , a station in London, UK
• Liverpool Olympia
  Liverpool Olympia
  The Liverpool Olympia is situated next to The Grafton Ballroom on West Derby Road, Liverpool, England.-History:The Liverpool Olympia was built in 1905 For Moss Empires Ltd by architect Frank Matcham as a purpose built indoor circus and variety theatre...
  
  , a theatre in Liverpool, UK
• Olympia (Paris), a famous music hall in Paris, France
• Olympia (Helsingborg), a football stadium in Helsingborg, Sweden, home of Helsingborgs IF
• Olympia (London), an exhibition centre in London, UK
• Olympia High School (Washington)
  Olympia High School (Washington)
  "'Olympia High School'" is ranked by the Newsweek article "Our Schools and Their Dilemma" as top 5% of all high schools nationally, due to the significant number of students taking AP Tests, as well as notable music, drama, and sports programs....
  
  , an American high school in Washington State
• Olympia Milk Bar, a cultural landmark in Sydney, Australia
• Olympia Skistadion, a ski-jumping facility in Garmisch, Germany
• Olympic Stadium (Berlin)
  Olympic Stadium (Berlin)
  The Olympiastadion is a sports stadium in Berlin, Germany. There have been two stadiums on the site: the present facility, and one that is called the Deutsches Stadion which was built for the aborted 1916 Summer Olympics. Both were designed by members of the same family, the first by Otto March...
  
  , a stadium originally built for the (cancelled) 1916 Summer Olympics
• Olympia Theatre (Dublin), a concert hall in Dublin, Ireland.
• Olympia Theatre (New York)
  Olympia Theatre (New York)
  The Olympia Theatre , also known as Hammerstein's Olympia, was a theatre complex built by impresario Oscar Hammerstein I in Longacre Square , New York City, opening in 1895. It consisted of a theatre, a music hall, a concert hall, and a roof garden...
  
  , a now-demolished theatre complex in New York, USA.

People

• Olympias
  Olympias
  Olympias was a Greek princess of Epirus, daughter of king Neoptolemus I of Epirus, the fourth wife of the king of Macedonia, Philip II, and mother of Alexander the Great...
  
  , the mother of Alexander the Great
• Olympia Dukakis
  Olympia Dukakis
  Olympia Dukakis is an American actress. In 1987, she won an Academy Award, BAFTA, and a Golden Globe for her performance in Moonstruck...
  
   (b. 1931), actress
• Olympia Snowe
  Olympia Snowe
  Olympia Jean Snowe , née Bouchles, is the senior United States Senator from Maine and a member of the Republican Party. Snowe has become widely known for her ability to influence the outcome of close votes, including whether to end filibusters. She and her fellow Senator from Maine, Susan Collins,...
  
   (b. 1947), US Senator from Maine
• Princess Maria-Olympia of Greece and Denmark (b. 1967), daughter of Pavlos, Crown Prince of Greece
  Pavlos, Crown Prince of Greece
  Pavlos, Crown Prince of Greece, is the eldest son and heir apparent of Constantine II, who was King of Greece from 1964 to 1973....
  
  

Ships and aircraft

• USS Olympia
  USS Olympia
  USS Olympia may refer to: is a protected cruiser in active service from 1895 to 1922, most notably in the Spanish-American War, and presently a museum ship in Philadelphia...
  
  , referring to two ships named after the city of Olympia, Washington
• HMS Olympia
  HMS Olympia
  At least two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Olympia after Olympia, Greece:* HMS Olympia , launched in 1806, was a schooner. She was sold in 1815....
  
  , referring to ships of the Royal Navy.
• M/V Olympia (later Pride of Bilbao
  Pride of Bilbao
  MS "Princess Anastasia" is a cruiseferry owned by St. Peter Line. Until September 2010, she was known as "Pride of Bilbao", operated by P&O Ferries on their Portsmouth–Bilbao route. The vessel was built in 1986 as the Olympia by the Wärtsilä shipyard in Turku, Finland for Rederi AB Slite, Sweden...
  
  ), a ferry operated by Viking Line between 1986 and 1993
• Olympia, later MS Regal Empress
  MS Regal Empress
  MS Regal Empress was a cruise ship that recently operated for Imperial Majesty Cruise Line. She was built in 1953 by Alexander Stephen & Sons at Glasgow, Scotland as the ocean liner SS Olympia for the Greek Line. Greek Line withdrew the Olympia from service in 1974...
  
  , an ocean liner
• DFS Olympia Meise
  DFS Olympia Meise
  |-General characteristics:*Crew: one, pilot*Length: 7.27 m *Wingspan: 15.00 m *Height: m *Wing area: 15 m² *Aspect ratio: 15:1*Empty: 205 kg...
  
  , a glider built in numbers in the 1930s in Germany
• The Olympia
  EoN Olympia
  The Eon Olympia was a glider produced from 1947 by Elliotts of Newbury.-Design and development:Elliotts had been asked in 1945 by Chilton Aircraft Ltd to make one set of wings for the Chilton Olympia, a glider that had been developed in pre-war Germany as the DFS Olympia Meise. This had been...
  
  , a glider built in numbers in the 1940s in the United Kingdom

Art

• Olympia (Manet), an 1863 oil on canvas painting by Édouard Manet
• Olympia (Magritte), an 1948 oil on canvas painting by René Magritte
  René Magritte
  René François Ghislain Magritte[p] was a Belgian surrealist artist. He became well known for a number of witty and thought-provoking images...
  
  
• Olympia (1938 film)
  Olympia (1938 film)
  Olympia is a 1938 Nazi propaganda film by Leni Riefenstahl documenting the 1936 Summer Olympics, held in the Olympic Stadium in Berlin, Germany. The film was released in two parts: Olympia 1. Teil — Fest der Völker and Olympia 2. Teil — Fest der Schönheit . It was the first documentary feature...
  
  , by Leni Riefenstahl, documenting the Berlin-hosted Olympic Games
• Olympia (1998 film)
  Olympia (1998 film)
  Olympia is a 1998 film about a Mexican soap opera star who leaves her career behind to pursue her first love - javelin throwing. She comes to the USA and takes up with a coach who's never coached before....
  
  , about a Mexican soap opera star who pursues a career as an athlete

Music

• "Olympia" (song)
  Olympia (song)
  Olympia is a 1984 single from Sérgio Mendes featuring lead vocals by Joe Pizzulo as a theme for the Los Angeles 1984 Summer Olympics. It was released the same year on the album Confetti. The song is also used as the theme song for Olympia Sports Camp in Ontario, Canada, and for the Real World Tag...
  
  , a song by Sergio Mendes from his album Confetti, written for the 1984 Summer Olympics
• Olympia (album)
  Olympia (album)
  Olympia is an album by the British singer Bryan Ferry, released by Virgin Records on 25 October 2010. Co-produced by Ferry and Rhett Davies, Olympia is Ferry's first album of largely original material since 2002's Frantic. The album features a wide range of contributors, including co-songwriter...
  
  , an album by Bryan Ferry
• Olympia, a mechanical doll from E.T.A. Hoffmann's short story "Der Sandmann". She also appeared in Jacques Offenbach's masterpiece Les Contes d'Hoffmann
  Les contes d'Hoffmann
  Les contes d'Hoffmann is an opéra by Jacques Offenbach. The French libretto was written by Jules Barbier, based on short stories by E. T. A...
  
  , and sings the aria Les oiseaux dans la charmille, along with the barcarole Belle nuit, O nuit d'amour

Businesses, companies and products

• Olympia, a CD imprint of the Russian label Melodiya
  Melodiya
  Melodiya is a Russian record label. It was the state-owned major record company/label of the Soviet Union.-History:It was established in 1964 as the "All-Union Gramophone Record Firm of the USSR Ministry of Culture Melodiya"...
  
  
• Olympia Brewing Company
  Olympia Brewing Company
  The Olympia Brewing Company was a brewery in Tumwater, Washington which existed from 1896 until 2003.-History:Leopold Schmidt, a German immigrant from Montana founded The Capital Brewing Company at Tumwater Falls on the Deschutes River in the town of Tumwater, near the south end of Puget Sound...
  
   (1896-2003) in Washington State
• Olympia College, a for-profit group of American colleges, part of the Everest College
  Everest College
  Everest College is a system of for-profit colleges in the United States and the Canadian province of Ontario. The schools are owned and operated by Corinthian Colleges, Inc. which also owns Everest University, Everest Institute, Heald College, and WyoTech...
  
   system
• Olympia (comics)
  Olympia (comics)
  Olympia is a fictional city in the Marvel Universe. It first appeared in Eternals #5 and was created by Jack Kirby.-Fictional history:...
  
  , a fictional city in Marvel Comics
• Olympia Flooring and Tile
  Olympia Flooring and Tile
  Olympia Floor and Wall Tile is the largest tile wholesaler in Canada and is wholly owned by Ralph Reichmann. Based in Toronto, Canada it has branches in Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, London, Hamilton, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal and Halifax...
  
   a tile wholesaler in Canada
• Olympia Press
  Olympia Press
  Olympia Press was a Paris-based publisher, launched in 1953 by Maurice Girodias as a rebranded version of the Obelisk Press he inherited from his father Jack Kahane...
  
  , a French publisher
• Olympia Sports Camp, a Sports Camp near Huntsville, Ontario
• Olympia Werke, a German typewriter company, now dedicated to import office goods
• Olympia and York
  Olympia and York
  Olympia & York was once a major international property development firm based in Canada. The firm built major financial office complexes like Canary Wharf in London, the World Financial Center in New York City and First Canadian Place in Toronto...
  
  , a now bankrupt property firm based in Canada
• The Olympia line of ice resurfacers manufacturer by Resurfice Corporation
  Resurfice Corporation
  Resurfice Corporation is a manufacturer of ice resurfacing equipment based in Elmira, Ontario, Canada. Their product line includes push models through full size models built on a Chevy Powertrain...
  
  
• Opel Olympia
  Opel Olympia
  The Opel Olympia is a small family car produced by the German automaker Opel from 1935 to 1940, from 1947 to 1953 and again from 1967 to 1970.The 1935 Olympia was Germany's first mass-produced car with an all-steel unitized body . This revolutionary technology reduced the weight of the car by 180...
  
  , a family car

Sports

• Olympia (horse)
  Olympia (horse)
  Olympia was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who won top races at age two through four then became a foundation sire for Florida breeder, Fred W. Hooper. Bred by Hall of Fame jockey turned trainer, Ivan H. Parke, he was...
  
  , an American Thoroughbred racehorse
• Olympia Larissa BC
  Olympia Larissa BC
  GS Olympia Larissa BC is a Greek professional basketball club that is based in Larissa, Greece. The club's full name is Gymnastikos Syllogos Olympia Larissa Basketball Club. It was founded in 1979, making it one of the youngest sports clubs in Greece. Its colors are orange and green...
  
  , a basketball club based in Larissa, Greece
• Detroit Olympia
  Detroit Olympia
  Olympia Stadium, better known as the Detroit Olympia and nicknamed The Old Red Barn, stood at 5920 Grand River Avenue in Detroit, Michigan from 1927 until 1987. It was best known as the home of the Detroit Red Wings hockey team of the National Hockey League from its opening until...
  
  , the former stadium of the NHL's Detroit Red Wings
• Olympia (Helsingborg), a football stadium in Helsingborg, home of Helsingborgs IF
• Olympia Club de Bruxelles
  Olympia Club de Bruxelles
  Olympia Club de Bruxelles was a Brussels-based Belgian football club that existed between its creation in 1897 until 1909. It appeared briefly at the top level during the 1903-04 season, finishing 5th out of 7 in its league. Though the club withdrew at the end of the season.-References:* * - 1st...
  
  , a former Belgian football club
• Olympia Skistadion, a ski-jumping facility in Garmisch, Germany
• TSR Olympia Wilhelmshaven, a German sports club
• Mr. Olympia
  Mr. Olympia
  Mr. Olympia is the title awarded to the winner of the professional men's bodybuilding contest at Joe Weider's Olympia Weekend - an international bodybuilding competition that is held annually by the International Federation of BodyBuilding & Fitness . Joe Weider created the contest to enable the...
  
  , an annual bodybuilding contest
• Figure Olympia
  Figure Olympia
  The Figure Olympia is an annual women's figure competition sanctioned by the International Federation of BodyBuilding & Fitness. The contest was first held in 2003. Davana Medina has won the most titles, with three.-Winners:-Notes:...
  
  , women's bodybuilding competition
• Fitness Olympia
  Fitness Olympia
  The Fitness Olympia is a contest in women's fitness competition, and is sanctioned by the International Federation of BodyBuilding & Fitness. The contest was first held in 1995. Susie Curry and Adela Garcia have won the most titles, with six.-Winners:...
  
  , women's bodybuilding competition

Other uses

• Olympia, a junior synonym of the plant genus Hypericum
  Hypericum
  Hypericum is a genus of about 400 species of flowering plants in the family Hypericaceae ....
  
  (St. John's-worts)
• 582 Olympia
  582 Olympia
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  , a minor planet orbiting the sun
• Olympia Academy
  Olympia Academy
  The Olympia Academy was a group of friends in Bern, Switzerland, who met – usually at Albert Einstein's flat – in order to discuss philosophy and physics....
  
   or "Akademie Olympia", a semi-formal group of friends that included Albert Einstein
• Olympia oyster
  Olympia oyster
  The Olympia oyster, Ostreola conchaphila, is the native oyster of the Pacific coast of North America from Alaska to Mexico. The name is derived from the important 19th century oyster industry near Olympia, Washington, in Puget Sound....
  
  , a Pacific coast oyster
• Euchloe olympia, a North American butterfly commonly called the Olympia Marble

See also

• Olympic (disambiguation)
• Olympus (disambiguation)
• Olimpia (disambiguation)