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English
Etymology
From Latin Utica, from Phoenician 𐤏𐤕𐤒 (ʿtq, “old”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈjuːtɪkə/
- Hyphenation: Uti‧ca
Proper noun
Utica
- A Phoenician colony on the African coast, near Carthage.
- A number of places in the United States:
- North Utica (a village in Illinois, often called "Utica")
- A town in Indiana.
- A city in Kansas; named for the city in New York.
- A census-designated place in Kentucky; named for the city in New York.
- An unincorporated community in Maryland.
- A city in Michigan; named for the city in New York.
- A city in Minnesota; named for the city in New York.
- A town in Mississippi; named for the city in New York.
- A village in Missouri; named for the city in New York.
- An unincorporated community in Montana.
- A village in Nebraska; named for the city in New York.
- A city, the county seat of Oneida County, New York; named for the Phoenician colony.
- A village in Ohio; named for the city in New York.
- An unincorporated community in Oklahoma.
- A borough in Pennsylvania.
- A census-designated place in South Carolina.
- A town in South Dakota.
- A ghost town in Texas.
- An unincorporated community in West Virginia.
- A town in Crawford County, Wisconsin.
- An unincorporated community in Dane County, Wisconsin.
- A town in Winnebago County, Wisconsin.
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Italian
Etymology
From Latin Utica.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Utica ?
- Utica
Latin
Etymology
From Phoenician 𐤏𐤕𐤒 (ʿtq) meaning old. It is related to Hebrew עתיק.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Utica f sg (genitive Uticae); first declension
- Utica (ancient Punic city in modern Tunisia)
Declension
First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
Descendants
References
- “Utica”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Utica in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.