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The name Olympia may refer to:
Arts and media
Film
- Olympia (1938 film), by Leni Riefenstahl, documenting the Berlin-hosted Olympic Games
- Olympia (1998 film), about a Mexican soap opera star who pursues a career as an athlete
- Olympia (2011 film), by Leo Damario, about an aspiring porn actress
Music
- "Olympia" (song), a song by Sergio Mendes from his album Confetti
- Olympia (Bryan Ferry album), an album by Bryan Ferry
- Olympia (Austra album), an album by Austra
- Olympia, a mechanical doll in E. T. A. Hoffmann's short story "Der Sandmann", and in the opera The Tales of Hoffmann by Jacques Offenbach
- Olympia (EP), an EP by The Maybes?
Other media
- Olympia (Manet), an 1863 oil on canvas painting by Édouard Manet
- Olympia, a 1948 oil on canvas painting by René Magritte
- Olympia (comics), a fictional city in Marvel Comics
Buildings and landmarks
- Olympia (Paris), a famous music hall in Paris, France
- Olympia, London, an exhibition centre in London, UK
- Olympia Apartments (Washington, D.C.), listed on the National Register of Historic Places
- Olympia Building, Atlanta, location of an iconic Coca-Cola sign
- Detroit Olympia, the former stadium of the NHL's Detroit Red Wings
- Kensington (Olympia) station, a station in London, UK
- Liverpool Olympia, a theatre in Liverpool, UK
- Olympia High School (disambiguation), any of several high schools in the United States
- Olympia Milk Bar, a cultural landmark in Sydney, Australia
- Olympic Stadium (Berlin), a stadium originally built for the cancelled 1916 Summer Olympics
- Olympia Theatre, Dublin, a concert hall in Dublin, Ireland
- Olympia Theatre (New York), a now-demolished theatre complex in New York City, U.S.
- Olympia (São Paulo), a former music venue in São Paulo, Brazil
Businesses
- Olympia Compact Discs Ltd., a British CD label active in the 1990s releasing material from the Soviet Union, Poland, the Netherlands and other countries
- Olympia Brewing Company (1896-2003), a brewery in Tumwater, Washington, U.S.
- Olympia College, a for-profit group of American colleges, part of the Everest College system
- Olympia Press, a French publisher
- Olympia and York, a now-bankrupt property firm based in Canada
- Olympia Werke, a former major manufacturer of typewriters in Germany
Organisms
- Olympia, a section of the plant genus Hypericum (St. John's-worts)
- Olympia oyster, a Pacific coast oyster
- Euchloe olympia, a North American butterfly commonly called the Olympia Marble
People
- Olympias, the mother of Alexander the Great
- Olympia Dukakis (born 1931), actress
- Olympia Ann "Olan" Sylvers (born 1951), member of the family singing group, The Sylvers
- Olympia, a nickname for American professional bodybuilder Iris Kyle (born 1974)
- Olympia Hartauer, female professional wrestler from the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling
- Olympia Snowe (born 1947), U.S. Senator from Maine
- Olympia Valance (born 1993), Australian actress, known for her role as Paige Smith in Neighbours
- Princess Maria-Olympia of Greece and Denmark (born 1996), daughter of Pavlos, Crown Prince of Greece
- Olympia (musician), stage name of Australian musician Olivia Bartley
Places
- Olympia, Missouri, an unincorporated community
- Olympia, Washington, the capital city of the U.S. state of Washington
- Olympia, Greece, the site of the ancient Olympic Games
- Olympia Province, a former province of Greece
- Olympia Heights, Florida, U.S.
- Olympia Fields, Illinois, U.S.
- Olímpia, a municipality of São Paulo, Brazil
Sport
- Olympia FC (disambiguation), several football clubs
- Olympia (horse), an American Thoroughbred racehorse
- Olympia Larissa BC, a basketball club based in Larissa, Greece
- Detroit Olympia, the former stadium of the NHL's Detroit Red Wings
- Olympia (Helsingborg), 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
- TSR Olympia Wilhelmshaven, a German sports club
- Mr. Olympia, an annual bodybuilding contest
- Ms. Olympia, an annual women's bodybuilding contest
Vehicles
Maritime
- USS Olympia, referring to two ships named after the city of Olympia, Washington, U.S.
- HMS Olympia, referring to ships of the Royal Navy
- M/V Olympia (later Pride of Bilbao), a ferry operated by Viking Line between 1986 and 1993
- Olympia, later MS Regal Empress, an ocean liner
Other vehicles
- DFS Olympia Meise, a glider built in numbers in the 1930s in Germany
- The Olympia, a glider built in numbers in the 1940s in the United Kingdom
- Opel Olympia, a family car
- Olympia (ice resurfacer), a line of ice resurfacers manufactured by Resurfice Corporation
Other uses
- 582 Olympia, a minor planet orbiting the sun
- Olympia Academy or "Akademie Olympia", a semi-formal group of friends that included Albert Einstein
See also
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