411 REFERENCE · Wiktionary
Ithaca
Reference material by Wiktionary contributors. This retains its source identity and is not 411 news reporting.
English
Etymology
en la Ithaca, from en grc Ἰθάκα, Doric form of grc Ἰθάκη.
Pronunciation
en /ˈɪθəkə/
Proper noun
en island sea/Ionian Sea c/Greece; according to the legend Odysseus was its king.
en Ithaka Ithake
en Cephalonia Corfu Kythira Lefkada Paxos Zakynthos
en community s/Georgia c/USA.
en city/county seat co/Gratiot County s/Michigan.
en village s/Nebraska.
en city/county seat co/Tompkins County s/New York. TopoZone: Ithaca, New York
en Marnie Hunter This upstate New York town is a showstopper for scenery w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/travel/ithaca-new-york-best-towns-america-2025 2025-06-26 Ithaca is also a vibrant college town — home to Cornell University and Ithaca College — with more cultural offerings than its size would suggest, thanks in large part to the people those institutions attract. https://web.archive.org/web/20260709141852/https://www.cnn.com/travel/ithaca-new-york-best-towns-america-2025 9 July 2026
en town co/Tompkins County s/New York, surrounding the city of the same name.
en village s/Ohio.
en town s/Wisconsin.
Derived terms
en Ithacan Ithacensian
Translations
island
Armenian: hy Իթակե
Catalan: ca Ítaca f
French: fr Ithaque f
Galician: gl Ítaca f
German: de Ithaka n
Greek: el Ιθάκη f
Ancient Greek: grc Ἰθάκη f
Hindi: hi इथाका
Irish: ga Iotaca f
Italian: it Itaca f
Polish: pl Itaka f
Portuguese: pt Ítaca f
Russian: ru Итака
Spanish: es Ítaca f
References
Anagrams
en aachit Cahita
Latin
Etymology
la Ithaca :bor grc:Ἰθάκη + 1
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Ithaca<1>
en Ithaca
Declension
Ithaca<1>
Related terms
la Ithacensis Ithacēsius Ithacus
Descendants
en Ithaca 1
fr Ithaque
it Itaca
pt Ítaca
scn Ìtaca
es Ítaca
References
la Greece Islands