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Olympus

Noun CEFR B1
əˈlɪmpəs

Definitions

The highest mountain in Greece; in Ancient Greek mythology the home of the gods.

Equivalents

EspañolOlimpo
Françaisolympe
DeutschOlymp
16 more languages
العربيةأوليمبوس
CatalàOlimp
ČeštinaOlymp
ΕλληνικάΌλυμπος
فارسیالمپ
SuomiOlympos
ՀայերենՕլիմպոս
ItalianoOlimpo
Nederlandsolympus
PolskiOlimp
Portuguêsolimpo
РусскийОли́мп
TürkçeOlimpos
УкраїнськаОлімп

Examples

“Sleeping-car passengers, however, will know little of their entry into Greece until, at 6 a.m. on the third morning after leaving Paris, the short train runs over the Vardar plain, with dawn glimpses of Mount Athos to the east and of cloud-capped Olympus across the gulf to the south, past the rebuilt yard and into the new passenger station at Salonica.”

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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