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Ithake

Ithake is the alternative form of Ithaca.

Meaning of Ithaca

Proper noun

Ithaca

  1. An island of the Ionian Sea, Greece; according to the legend Odysseus was its king.
  2. A community in Georgia, United States.
  3. A city, the county seat of Gratiot County, Michigan.
  4. A village in Nebraska.
  5. A city, the county seat of Tompkins County, New York.
    • 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.2025 June 26, Marnie Hunter, “This upstate New York town is a showstopper for scenery”, in CNN, archived from the original on 28 Jun 2025
  6. A town in Tompkins County, New York, surrounding the city of the same name.

See all 8 meanings of Ithaca

Origin of Ithake

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Ἰθάκη (Ithákē).

Questions about Ithake

What is Ithake the alternative form of?
Ithake is the alternative form of Ithaca.

Words near Ithake in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Ithake (page history and authors); Ithaca (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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