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Ολυμπία

Ολυμπία (Olympía) is a feminine given name from Proto-Hellenic, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European. It is used in Greek.

GreekWritten in Greek script. In English: Olympía.

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Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Ολυμπία comes from Proto-Hellenic, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Proto-Hellenic *-íā, from Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂, from Proto-Indo-European *-h₂.

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Ολυμπία’s family of names

In Greek usage, Ολυμπία has a conventional equivalent in the Italian form Olimpia. In Greek usage, Ολυμπία has a transliteration in Olympía. In Greek usage, Ολυμπία continues an earlier form in Ὀλυμπία.

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Ολυμπία has relatives in 3 languages.

3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

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Spellings & scripts 1

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Olympíain another script · Greek

Across languages 7

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