Ithaca
pronunciation
How to pronounce Ithaca in British English:
UK [ˈiθəkə]
How to pronounce Ithaca in American English:
US [ˈɪθəkə]
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- Noun:
- a college town in central New York on Lake Cayuga
- a Greek island west of Greece; in Homeric legend Odysseus was its king
Word Origin
- Ithaca
- western Greek Island, legendary home of Odysseus; the first element is perhaps Phoenician I "island;" the rest is unknown.
Example
- 1. How did I become the king of ithaca ?
- 2. It could take ten years to get back to ithaca ;
- 3. Ithaca energy , a canadian company , now operates in four north sea fields off the british coast .
- 4. Ithaca cannot afford an enemy like agamemnon .
- 5. I , odysseus , the great king of ithaca , sailed to asia minor with my ally sparta to fight against troy .