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

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Ithaca

Set in the late Bronze Age, in about the 13th Century BC, The Odyssey tells the story of the hero Odysseus and his quest to return from the Trojan War to his kingdom of Ithaca.

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026

Mehlman, 31, a former Ithaca College athlete whose own tennis journey was sidelined by injury, knows something about comebacks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026

Ten years after the fall of Troy, Odysseus still hasn’t returned home to Ithaca, and his kingdom has been overtaken by suitors crudely courting his wife’s hand.

From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026

It is believed they hopped into a container in Dundee, which was taken by road to Aberdeen, before travelling on the offshore ship Aquarius to Ithaca Energy's Cygnus field.

From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2026

Professor Kylmer was not there; he had gone back to Ithaca, and Mr. Loomis never saw him again.

From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien