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Meaning of "olive crown" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF OLIVE CROWN

olive crown


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OLIVE CROWN

noun
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conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Olive crown is a noun.
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WHAT DOES OLIVE CROWN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Olive wreath

The olive wreath also known as kotinos, was the prize for the winner at the ancient Olympic Games. It was an olive branch, of the wild- olive tree that grew at Olympia, intertwined to form a circle or a horse-shoe. According to Pausanias it was introduced by Heracles as a prize for the running race winner to honour his father Zeus. In the ancient Olympic Games there were no gold, silver, or bronze medals. There was only one winner per event, crowned with an olive wreath made of wild-olive leaves from a sacred tree near the temple of Zeus at Olympia. Olive wreaths were given out during the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens in honor of the ancient tradition, because the games were being held in Greece. Herodotus describes the following story which is relevant to the olive wreath. Xerxes was interrogating some Arcadians after the Battle of Thermopylae. He inquired why there were so few Greek men defending the Thermopylae. The answer was "All other men are participating in the Olympic Games". And when asked "What is the prize for the winner?", "An olive-wreath" came the answer.

Definition of olive crown in the English dictionary

The definition of olive crown in the dictionary is a garland of olive leaves awarded as a token of victory.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OLIVE CROWN

olivaceous · Olivares · olivary · olivary body · olive · olive branch · olive brown · olive drab · olive green · olive oil · olive-brown · olive-drab · olive-green · olive-wood · olivenite · Oliver · Olives · olivet · Olivier · olivine

WORDS THAT END LIKE OLIVE CROWN

artificial crown · brown · crown · decrown · discrown · drown · grown · half-a-crown · half-crown · Havana Brown · home-grown · jewel in the crown · Minister of the Crown · optical crown · overgrown · recrown · the Crown · thrown · triple crown · uncrown

Synonyms and antonyms of olive crown in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «olive crown» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OLIVE CROWN

Find out the translation of olive crown to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of olive crown from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «olive crown» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

橄榄冠
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

corona de oliva
570 millions of speakers
en

English

olive crown
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

जैतून का ताज
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تاج الزيتون
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

оливковое корона
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

coroa de oliveira
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

জলপাই মুকুট
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

couronne d´olive
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Mahkota zaitun
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Oliven Krone
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

オリーブクラウン
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

올리브 크라운
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Makutha zaitun
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

vương miện ô liu
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

ஆலிவ் கிரீடம்
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

जैतून मुकुट
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

Zeytin tacı
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

corona d´oliva
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

oliwa z korony
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

оливкова корона
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

coroana de măsline
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

στεφάνι ελιάς
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

olyf kroon
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

oliv krona
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

oliven krone
5 millions of speakers

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OLIVE CROWN»

Discover the use of olive crown in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to olive crown and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Archaeologia graeea, or The antiquities of Greece
Miltiades claimed the olive wreath for the victory at Marathon, which one of the orators declared was no more due to him than to his army. ThrasyLulus was presented by his countrymen with an olive crown after the expulsion of the thirty tyrants.
John Potter, George Dunbar, Charles Anthon, 1825
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Birds of Venezuela
Look for P's plain olive face and unstreaked yellowish olive crown which separate it from Grassland Yellow-Finch which has yellow eye- ring and streaked crown. O is only one of genus that is yellow and streaked below. Voice: In n mts. song ...
Steven L. Hilty, 2002
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The Lettering of an Athenian Mason
Development of the Olive Crown. Only in the case of the olive-leaf crown can a development be perceived in B's ability to render it successfully. The earliest examples, in 2 (1 16/5 B.C.), are rather heavy and awkward; the angles and size of the ...
Stephen V. Tracy, 1975
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The Grecian wreath of victory
Thrasybulus was presented by his countrymen with an olive crown, after the expulsion of the thirty tyrants. Theophrastus speaks of an olive in the market- place at Megara, the cutting down of which portended the captnre and plundering of the ...
W. E. Dean, 1824
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Publii Virgilii Maronis Georgica. The Georgics of Publius ...
Tonsa foliis ornatus olivce, " graced with the leaves of the shorn olive." The poet here assumes an olive crown, as being about to offer sacrifices (see next note). Priests and others, when making offerings to the gods, wore an olive crown fvid.
Publius Vergilius Maro, John E Sheridan, 1856
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Passover & Sukkot
... two different kinds of foliage used for garlands. The Olive crown was considered by the ancients essentially different from the Wild-Olive crown, sacred to a different deity and used for a different purpose. Many modern botanists (as Professor ...
Thomas H. Perdue, 2011
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Woodpeckers of the World: The Complete Guide
Sexes differ in head pattern: male has red malar and crown to nape; female lacks red, having greenish malar and light olive crown.Juvenile male has orange or red crown and some green in malar. Vocalisations Poorly known, but presumably ...
Gerard Gorman, 2014
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Commentaries on Pindar:
26 Bowra (303) rightly points out that Pindar attached such importance to the olive- crown as the prize for a victory that he felt obliged to give it "a suitably exalted origin", but I doubt whether he intended "to answer criticisms that an olive -crown ...
Willem Jacob Verdenius, 1987
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The English Emblem Tradition
173 cornucopia: A "woman wearing an "olive "crown, carrying the "horn of plenty [ "cornucopia], and leading a "golden "boy. Camden Remaines London 1605 p. 158 couchant: A "white "hart "couchant with a "chain and a "crown about its neck.
Peter Maurice Daly, Leslie T. Duer, Anthony Raspa, 1998
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The Cyclopaedia; Or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences ...
Olive ; crown greenish-yellow; tail-feathers whitish at the tip, the outer edges of the four outermost pale blue. _ NOVIE-SEBLANDIE; Red-rumped Parrot. Green ; front purple; crown greenish-tawny ; a red stripe from the base of the bill through  ...
Abraham Rees, 1819

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OLIVE CROWN»

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MediaCom wins Mydala's media duties
... Olive Crown Awards: Mediacom, G.A.M.E, Visual Communications and Lipton bag Gold · MediaCom appointed Urban Ladder's media AoR. «Campaign India, Jun 15»
2
Inspiring Goodness for Advertising: In conversation with Srinivasan …
Like the Lighting a Billion Lives campaign, IAA's Olive Crown Awards, Gender Sensitisation Seminars, Changing Role of Women in Advertising, ... «Daily News & Analysis, May 15»
3
Pranav harihar Sharma appointed as ECD, Delhi by Grey Group
Sharma's achievements include winning various awards at national and international festivals like Goafest, Mirchi Kaan, Olive Crown, Emvies, ... «Bollywood Helpline, Apr 15»
4
Kyoorius' A&M fest, Melt to be held on May 21 & 22
Also watch the big winner of the 5th edition of the Olive Crown Awards. Hosted by the International Advertising Association or IAA, Olive Crown ... «Moneycontrol.com, Apr 15»
5
A crown of olives
Last Friday, Mumbai played host to the fifth edition of The Olive Crown Awards. Billed as the only Asian awards show that salutes excellence in ... «Hindu Business Line, Apr 15»
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IAA Olive Crown awards backs advertisers for their efforts in …
India Chapter of IAA, which is Asia's first green recognition programme, hosted its 5th edition of the Olive Crown Awards on Friday. IAA, which ... «Free press journal, Mar 15»
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Stage set for 5th IAA Olive Crown Awards on March 27
The fifth edition of the Olive Crown Awards from the India Chapter of the International Advertising Association (IAA) will be presented at a ... «Best Media Info, Mar 15»
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Dentsu Communications appoints Vipul Thakkar as NCD
He has also won the Olive Crown Award, The Agency of the Year at The Cochin Advertising Club's Pepper Awards and over two dozen metals ... «Best Media Info, Feb 15»
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Deadline extended for IAA Corporate Social Crusader Award
Neeraj Roy, Chairman, Olive Crown Awards Committee, IAA India Chapter, added, “Last year's award ceremony was special as we had ... «Best Media Info, Feb 15»
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Olive Crown Awards 2015 entry deadline extended to Feb 15
The Olive Crown Awards, organised by the India Chapter of the International Advertising Association (IAA), has extended the deadline for ... «Best Media Info, Feb 15»
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