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The compound noun "Olympic Games" is a proper noun, the name of a specific sports competition held every four years in different participating countries.

The Olympic Games are sometimes called the Olympics, also a proper noun.

The word "Olympic" is a proper adjective derived from the proper noun "Olympia", the name of the region of ancient Greece where the Olympic Games originated.

A proper noun and a proper adjective are always capitalized.

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