Ithaca

American  

[ith-uh-kuh] / ˈɪθ ə kə /

noun

1. Greek Itháki.  one of the Ionian Islands, off the W coast of Greece: legendary home of Ulysses. 37 sq. mi. (96 sq. km).

2. a city in S New York at the S end of Cayuga Lake.

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Ithaca British  

/ ˈɪθəkə /

noun

1. Modern Greek name: Itháki.  a Greek island in the Ionian Sea, the smallest of the Ionian Islands: regarded as the home of Homer's Odysseus. Area: 93 sq km (36 sq miles)

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Other Word Forms

• Ithacan adjective

Example Sentences

He was previously a fellow at the New York Times and he began his journalism career as a multimedia reporter for the Ithaca Voice.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

Yin is also organizing a symposium on the Ithaca campus scheduled for March 3-5, 2026.

From Science Daily • Dec. 24, 2025

Jeff Cohen is co-founder of RootsAction.org, a retired journalism professor at Ithaca College and author of “Cable News Confidential: My Misadventures in Corporate Media.”

From Salon • Sep. 20, 2025

Norwegian state energy giant Equinor has an 80% stake in Rosebank with Aberdeen-based Ithaca Energy owning the rest.

From BBC • Jan. 30, 2025

Two, however, of the first rank, were missing: Odysseus, King of the Island of Ithaca, and Achilles, the son of Peleus and the sea nymph Thetis.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton