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UTICA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Utica mean?
• UTICA (noun)
The noun UTICA has 2 senses:
2. an ancient city on the north coast of Africa (northwest of Carthage); destroyed by Arabs around 700 AD
Familiarity information: UTICA used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A city in central New York
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)
Holonyms ("Utica" is a part of...):
Empire State; N.Y.; New York; New York State; NY (a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An ancient city on the north coast of Africa (northwest of Carthage); destroyed by Arabs around 700 AD
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)
Holonyms ("Utica" is a part of...):
Phenicia; Phoenicia (an ancient maritime country (a collection of city states) at eastern end of the Mediterranean)
Context examples
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