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Olympia is an ancient city in Greece which was the site of the Ancient Olympic Games.
Olympia may also refer to
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
* Ol?ia, Brazil, in the state of S?Paulo
Buildings and landmarks
* Olympia (stadium), a football stadium in Helsingborg, home of Helsingborgs IF
* Olympia, London, an exhibition hall
* Kensington (Olympia) station, near the London exhibition hall
* Olympia Airport, near Olympia, Washington
* Olympia Cafe, a fictional coffee shop featured in a recurring Saturday Night Live sketch
* Olympia Milk Bar, a cultural landmark in Sydney, Australia
* Olympia Skistadion, a ski-jumping facility in Garmisch, Germany
* Detroit Olympia, the former stadium of the NHL's Detroit Red Wings
* Paris Olympia, a music hall in Paris
* Olympia High School, a high school in Olympia, Washington
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
*Princess Maria Olympia of Greece and Denmark
Ships
*M/S Olympia (now Pride of Bilbao), a ferry operated by Viking Line between 1986 and 1993
*MS Regal Empress, an ocean liner formerly named Olympia
*USS Olympia, referring to two ships named after the city of Olympia, Washington
Art
*Olympia (painting), an 1863 oil on canvas painting by Edouard Manet
*Olympia (film), a 1938 film by Leni Riefenstahl documenting the Berlin-hosted Olympic Games
*Olympia (1998 film), a 1998 film directed by Bob Byington
*Olympia (label), a former classical music record label
*Olympia (song), a song by Sergio Mendes from his album Confetti written for the 1984 Summer Olympics.
Businesses and companies
*Olympia & York, a now bankrupt property firm based in Canada
*Olympia Brewing Company, a brand of beer brewed by Pabst
*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
*Olympia Press, a French publisher
*Olympia (supermarket), a supermarket in Colombia
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:
*Detroit Olympia, the former stadium of the NHL's Detroit Red Wings
*Olympia (stadium), a football stadium in Helsingborg, home of Helsingborgs IF
*Olympia Club de Bruxelles, a former Belgian football club
*Olympia Skistadion, a ski-jumping facility in Garmisch, Germany
*Olympia Wilhelmshaven, a German sports club
*Mr. Olympia, an annual bodybuilding contest
*Figure Olympia and Fitness Olympia, two bodybuilding competitions for women
Other uses
Olympia may also refer to:
*Hypericum, a biological genus
*582 Olympia, a minor planet orbiting the sun
*DFS Olympia Meise, a 1940 sailplane
*Olympia Academy or Akademie Olympia, a semi-formal group of friends that included Albert Einstein
*Olympia Marble, a butterfly
*the Olympia oyster
* Olympia Millennium, an Ice Resurfacer by Resurfice Corp., a competitor to Zamboni
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