Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ithaka

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.82 in modern English

Syllables: itha-ka
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Alternative spelling of Ithaca: an island of the Ionian Sea, Greece.

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Doric Greek Ἰθάκα (Itháka).

Questions

What does ithaka mean?: Alternative spelling of Ithaca: an island of the Ionian Sea, Greece.
Where does ithaka come from?: Learned borrowing from Doric Greek Ἰθάκα (Itháka).

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