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Olympus, Mount

Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names | 2005 | | Copyright

Olympus, Mount, Cyprus, Greece, Turkey, USA The origin is not definitively known. It may be derived from an Indo‐European root word ulu ‘to turn’, a reference to its smoothly curved summit. A volcano on Mars is called Olympus Mons. The most famous Mt Olympus is the one situated in Greece and known as Óros Ólimbos. Traditionally, it was the home of the Greek gods and was known, poetically, as heaven.

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Mount Olympus

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Mount Olympus see Cyprus ; Olympic Mountains ; Olympus .

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Mount Olympus see Cyprus ; Olympic Mts .; Olympus .

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