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ITHACA

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• ITHACA (noun)
The noun ITHACA has 2 senses:

1. a college town in central New York on Lake Cayuga
2. a Greek island west of Greece; in Homeric legend Odysseus was its king

Familiarity information: ITHACA used as a noun is rare.

• ITHACA (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A college town in central New York on Lake Cayuga

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

town (an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city)

Holonyms ("Ithaca" is a part of...):

Empire State; New York; New York State; NY (a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

A Greek island west of Greece; in Homeric legend Odysseus was its king

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Ithaki; Ithaca

Instance hypernyms:

island (a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water)

Holonyms ("Ithaca" is a part of...):

Ellas; Greece; Hellenic Republic (a republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula; known for grapes and olives and olive oil)

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