Ithaca

[ith-uh-kuh]

Ith·a·ca

[ith-uh-kuh]
noun
1.
one of the Ionian Islands, off the W coast of Greece: legendary home of Ulysses. 4156; 37 sq. mi. (96 sq. km).
2.
a city in S New York at the S end of Cayuga Lake. 28,732.
Ith·a·can, adjective, noun
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Ithaca is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
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Ithaca (ˈɪθəkə)
 
n
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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ITHACA definition

project
An Esprit project to put a 4th generation object-oriented system to practical use in an industrial environment. The ITHACA environment offered an application support system incorporating advanced technologies in the fields of object-oriented programming, programming languages, databases, user interfaces and software development tools.
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Ithaca

the second smallest of the seven main Ionian Islands, in the nomos (department) of Kefallinia, Greece. (The smallest is Paxos.)

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