Olympic Valleyとは 意味・読み方・使い方

固有名詞

Olympic Valley

1. A valley formed by the river Alpheus, Ilia, Greece, site of Olympia.

同意語

• (valley formed by the river Alpheus): Alfeios Valley, Alpheus Valley

語源 2

Coined by United States Representative B. F. Sisk in 1958. Sisk convinced the 1960 Winter Olympics Organizing Committee to propose this name for the location of the new branch post office at the Olympic village, to distinguish up-and-coming Squaw Valley in Placer County from the more established community of Squaw Valley in Fresno County, which he represented in Congress.^[1][2] Based on this recommendation, the U.S. Board on Geographic Names (BGN) decided on August 28, 1958, that Squaw Valley would only refer to the community in Fresno County.^[3] The Post Office Department used Olympic Valley for the branch post office, and by extension it was also applied to the community around it.^[4][5][6]

This name later gained popularity as an alternative to Squaw Valley as the pejorative sense of squaw became more widely recognized. In 2022, the local Washoe tribe's Tribal Historic Preservation Officer proposed to also rename the surrounding valley from Squaw Valley to Olympic Valley. The California Advisory Committee on Geographic Names concurred,^[7] and the BGN officially renamed the valley later that year.^[8][9]

固有名詞

Olympic Valley

Olympic Valley

1. An unincorporated community in Placer County, California, United States.
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:Olympic Valley.
2. A valley in the Sierra Nevada, Placer County, California, United States, named after this community.
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:Olympic Valley.

同意語

• (unincorporated community): Squaw Valley (くだけた用法, dated)
• (valley): Squaw Valley (proscribed)

語源 3

Named after the Olympic Transportation Company.^[10]

固有名詞

Olympic Valley

1. An oil tanker built in West Germany in 1954, under the Liberian flag.

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