Olympia is an ancient city in Greece, in antiquity site of the Olympic Games. Olympia is also a province which is south of Olympia, see Province of Olympia . Due to its fame, a number of cities and places in other parts of the world have been named after it:
Olympia is also the name of:
- Olympia Snowe, an American Republican Senator from Maine.
- Olympia Press , a French publisher.
- Olympia , an obsolete German typewriter manufacturer.
- Olympia, a 1863 oil on canvas painting by Edouard Manet.
- Olympia, a 1938 film by Leni Riefenstahl documenting the Berlin-hosted Olympic Games
- Olympia , a play-by-email game, http://www.pbm.com/oly/
- Olympia of Epirus, the mother of Alexander the Great
- The Olympia, an annual bodybuilding contest, see Mr. Olympia
- M/S Olympia was the name of a Viking Line ferry during the time (1986-1993).
- USS Olympia is the name of two ships, after the city of Olympia, Washington.
