- Games of the Olympiad
- n. Summer Olympic Games, the Olympic Games held every four years in the summer
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Games of the Olympiad
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Games of the XXVII Olympiad — ▪ 2001 by Melinda C. Shepherd From Sept. 15 to Oct. 1, 2000, Sydney, Australia, played host to the world as the site of the Games of the XXVII Olympiad. Despite initial concerns about protests by native Aboriginal Australians and amid the… … Universalium
Games of the XXIX Olympiad — ▪ 2009 by Melinda C. Shepherd During Aug. 8–24, 2008, Beijing, along with six other cities in China (Qingdao, Hong Kong, Tianjin, Shanghai, Shenyang, and Qinhuangdao), opened the Middle Kingdom to the world as the host of the Games of the… … Universalium
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Olympiad — O*lym pi*ad ([ o]*l[i^]m p[i^]*[a^]d), n. [L. olympias, adis, Gr. olympia s, olympia dos, fr. O lympos Olympus, a mountain in Macedonia: cf. F. olympiade.] 1. (Greek Antiq.) A period of four years, by which the ancient Greeks reckoned time, being … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Computer Olympiad — The Computer Olympiads are a multi games event taking place every year in which computer programs compete against each other. The majority of the games are board games but other games such as Bridge take place as well. The Olympiad was originally … Wikipedia
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Intercalated Games — The Intercalated Olympic Games were to be a series of International Olympic Games half way between what we now call Games of the Olympiad. The series of Intercalated Games was to always be held in Athens, and were to have equal status with the… … Wikipedia
