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Ithakan

Ithakan is the alternative spelling of Ithacan.

Meaning of Ithacan

Adjective

Ithacan (not comparable)

  1. Of, from or relating to Ithaca (an island of the Ionian Sea, Greece).
    • “Did you say ’wooden horse’?[”] the Ithacan king asked. [“]You know, there might be something in that.[”]2011 October 9, Post Staff, “Bridge”, in New York Post, New York, N.Y.: News Corp, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 09 Oct 2013
    Synonyms:
    Ithacensian
  2. Of, from or relating to Ithaca (places in the United States).
    • The author was said to be an Ithacan youth, not a Cornell student, who had attended some literary seminars at the university and was now reported on the West Coast.1967 January 21, “CORNELL STUDENTS RIOT OVER ARRESTS; […]”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 Nov 2025

See all 4 meanings of Ithacan

Forms of Ithakan

pluralIthakans

Origin of Ithakan

From Ithaka /Ithake + -an.

Questions about Ithakan

What is Ithakan the alternative spelling of?
Ithakan is the alternative spelling of Ithacan.

Words near Ithakan in the dictionary

  1. Ithacensian
  2. Ithacensians
  3. ithagine
  4. ithagines
  5. Ithaka
  6. Ithakan
  7. Ithakans
  8. Ithake
  9. ithand
  10. ithede
  11. ithedes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Ithakan (page history and authors); Ithacan (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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