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Olympic Games

LC control no.n 94004448
Descriptive conventionsrda
Meeting name headingOlympic Games
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Variant(s)Aolinpike yun dong hui
Games of the Olympiad
Giochi Olimpici
Giochi Olimpici estivi
Ígre olimpijáde
Igrzyska olimpijskie
Jeux Olympiques
Jeux Olympiques d'été
JO (Jeux Olympiques)
Jocs Olímpics
Jocs Olímpics d'estiu
Jocuri Olimpice
Jocuri Olimpice de vară
Jogos Olímpicos
Juegos Olímpicos
Juegos Olímpicos de Verano
Letné olympijské hry
Letni olimpiĭski igri
Letní olympijské hry
Letnie igrzyska olimpijskie
Letnie Olimpiĭskie igry
Letnii︠a︡ Alimpiĭskii︠a︡ hulʹni
Ljetne olimpijske igre
OI (Olimpiĭski igri)
OI (Olimpiĭsʹki ihry)
OI (Olimpiĭskie igry)
OI (Olimpijske igre)
Olimpiada
Olimpíadas
Olimpiade
Olimpiade Musim Panas
Olimpiadi estive
Olimpiaj ludoj
Olimpiese Spele
Olimpiĭski igri
Olimpiĭsʹki ihry
Olimpiĭskie igry
Olimpijske igre
Olimpikoj
Olimpinės žaidynės
Olimpiskās spēles
Olimpiski igri
Olimpiyat Oyunları
Olimpiyatlar
Olympiakoi Agōnes
Olympic Summer Games
Olympics (Games)
Olympijské hry
Olympische Sommerspiele
Olympische Spelen
Olympische Spiele
Olympische Zomerspelen
Olympiska sommarspelen
Olympiska spelen
Olympiske leikar
Olympiske leker
Olympiske sommarleikar
Olympiske sommerlege
Olympiske sommerleker
Orinpikku
Poletne olimpijske igre
Someraj Olimpikoj
Sommar-OS
Sommer-OL
Spelen van de Olympiade
Summer Olympic Games
Summer Olympics
Therinoi Olympiakoi Agōnes
Vasaras Olimpiskās spēles
Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες
Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες
ОИ
Олимписки игри
Олимпијске игре
Олимпийски игри
Олимпийские игры
Олімпійські ігри
Летни олимпийски игри
Летние Олимпийские игры
Летнія Алімпійскія гульні
奥林匹克运动会
Other standard no.127994918
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Special noteNon-Latin script references not evaluated.
DESCRIPTIVE USAGE: See also related access points for individual instances of this event which include specific information about the number, date, or place of the individual event, e.g.: Olympic Games (24th : 1988 : Seoul, Korea). Search also for individual names found under the following headings: Olympic Winter Games, Special Olympics, Paralympics, International Culinary Competition.
SUBJECT USAGE: Name headings for individual Olympic Games are valid for use as subject headings. Comprehensive works about the Olympic Games in general are entered under the subject heading: Olympics.
Found inLC data base, 01-14-94 (usages: Olympic Games, Olympics, Winter Olympic Games, Special Olympics, Paralympics, International Culinary Competition)
International Olympic Committee Web site, Apr. 6, 2006 (Olympic Summer Games; Jeux Olympiques d'été)
Wikipedia, July 16, 2008 (Olympic Games; Summer Olympics; Summer Olympic Games or the Games of the Olympiad; Olympics) Afrikaans site (Olimpiese Spele) Belarusian site (Летнія Алімпійскія гульні = Letnii︠a︡ Alimpiĭskii︠a︡ hulʹni) Bosnian site (Ljetne olimpijske igre; Olimpijske igre (OI)) Bulgarian site (Олимпийски игри = Olimpiĭski igri; Летни олимпийски игри = Letni olimpiĭski igri) Catalan site (Jocs Olímpics d'estiu; Jocs Olímpics) Czech site (Letní olympijské hry) Danish site (Sommer-OL (de olympiske sommerlege)) German site (Olympische Sommerspiele; Olympische Spiele) Greek site (Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες = Therinoi Olympiakoi Agōnes; Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες = Olympiakoi Agōnes) Spanish site (Juegos Olímpicos de Verano; Juegos Olímpicos) Esperanto site (Someraj Olimpikoj; Olimpiaj ludoj, aŭ Olimpikoj) French site (Jeux Olympiques; also called JO or Jeux; Jeux Olympiques d'été) Indonesian site (Olimpiade Musim Panas; Olimpiade) Italian site (Olimpiadi estive; Giochi Olimpici Estivi; Giochi Olimpici) Latvian site (Vasaras Olimpiskās spēles; Olimpiskās spēles) Lithuanian site (Olimpinės žaidynės (or Olimpiada)) Macedonian site (Олимписки игри = Olimpiski igri) Dutch site (Olympische Zomerspelen or Spelen van de Olympiade; Olympische Spelen) Japanese site (近代オリンピック = Kindai orinpikku) Norwegian (Nynorsk) site (Olympiske sommarleikar; Olympiske leikar) Norwegian (Bokmål) site (Olympiske sommerleker; Olympiske leker) Polish site (Igrzyska olimpijskie; Letnie igrzyska olimpijskie) Portuguese site (Jogos Olímpicos also called Olimpíadas) Romanian site (Jocuri Olimpice; Jocuri Olimpice de vară) Russian site (Олимпийские игры = Olimpiĭskie igry; Летние Олимпийские игры = Letnie Olimpiĭskie igry) Serbian site (Олимпијске игре (ОИ) = Olimpijske igre) Slovak site (Letné olympijské hry; Olympijské hry) Slovenian site (Poletne olimpijske igre or Ígre olimpijáde; Olimpijske igre) Swedish site (Olympiska spelen; Olympiska sommarspelen; sommar-OS) Chinese site (奥林匹克运动会 = Aolinpike yun dong hui) Turkish site (Olimpiyat Oyunları; Olimpiyatlar) Ukrainian site (Олімпійські ігри = Olimpiĭsʹki ihry)
Britannica online, May 10, 2024 (Olympic Games, athletic festival that originated in ancient Greece and was revived in the late 19th century; have come to be regarded as the world's foremost sports competition; first modern games were held in April 1896 in Athens, Greece)