Ithaca

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin Ithaca, from Ancient Greek Ἰθάκα (Itháka), Doric form of Ἰθάκη (Ithákē). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɪθəkə/ === Proper noun === Ithaca An island of the Ionian Sea, Greece; according to the legend Odysseus was its king. Alternative forms: Ithaka, Ithake Coordinate terms: Cephalonia, Corfu, Kythira, Lefkada, Paxos, Zakynthos A community in Georgia, United States. A city, the county seat of Gratiot County, Michigan. A village in Nebraska. A city, the county seat of Tompkins County, New York. A town in Tompkins County, New York, surrounding the city of the same name. A village in Ohio. A town in Wisconsin. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Cahita == Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἰθάκη (Ithákē). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɪ.tʰa.ka] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈiː.ta.ka] === Proper noun === Ithaca f sg (genitive Ithacae); first declension Ithaca ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun, singular only. ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → English: Ithaca French: Ithaque Italian: Itaca Portuguese: Ítaca Sicilian: Ìtaca Spanish: Ítaca === References === “Ithaca”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Ithaca”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “Ithaca”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly