mount olympus
n · noun
Simple meaning
Mount Olympus, at, is the tallest and most prominent mountain in the Olympic Mountains of the U.S.
Pronunciation
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IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈmaʊntoʊˈlɪmpəs
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Mount Olympus, at, is the tallest and most prominent mountain in the Olympic Mountains of the U.S. state of Washington.
Mount Olympus in the U.S. state of Utah is one of the most prominent and recognizable mountains visible from practically every location in the Salt Lake Valley.
An extensive massif near the Thermaic Gulf of the Aegean Sea, located on the border between Thessaly and Macedonia, between the regional units of Larissa and Pieria, about southwest from Thessaloniki.
Olympus, or Chionistra, (or Χιονίστρα; ) at, is the highest point in Cyprus.
A hill located on Upper Terrace in the Buena Vista neighborhood of San Francisco.
A solitaire card game using two decks of 52 playing cards.
noun
A mountain peak in northeast Greece near the Aegean coast; believed by ancient Greeks to be the dwelling place of the gods (9,570 feet high)
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This meaning: Mount Olympus, at, is the tallest and most prominent mountain in the Olympic Mountains of the U.S. state of Washington.
Used this way, mount olympus is a specialist word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It turns up most in technical or specialist writing contexts.
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