Associations to the word «Ithaca»

Wiktionary

ITHACA, proper noun. An island in the Ionian Sea; according to the legend Odysseus was its king.
ITHACA, proper noun. A community in Georgia, USA.
ITHACA, proper noun. A city in Michigan.
ITHACA, proper noun. A village in Nebraska.
ITHACA, proper noun. A city and town in New York.
ITHACA, proper noun. A village in Ohio.
ITHACA, proper noun. A town in Wisconsin.

Dictionary definition

ITHACA, noun. A college town in central New York on Lake Cayuga.
ITHACA, noun. A Greek island to the west of Greece; in Homeric legend Odysseus was its king.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats