# Olympia

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /əˈlɪmpi.ə/ · frequency rank #20,722

## Definitions
1. An ancient city in Greece, home of the very first Olympic Games.
2. A place in the United States:
3. A place in the United States:
4. A place in the United States:
5. A place in the United States:
6. A place in the United States:
7. A female given name from Ancient Greek; quite rare in English.

## Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ὀλυμπία (Olumpía), from Ὄλυμπος (Ólumpos, “Olympus”).

## Easily confused with
- **Olympic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/olympia-vs-olympic)
- **Olympus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/olympia-vs-olympus)
- **Olympics** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/olympia-vs-olympics)
- **Olympian** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/olympia-vs-olympian)
- **olympiad** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/olympia-vs-olympiad)

## Common misspellings (10)
`loympia`, `ollympia`, `olmypia`, `olymipa`, `olymmpia`, `olympai`, `olymppia`, `olypmia`, `olyympia`, `oylmpia`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/olympia