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Webster 1913 Edition


Utica

U′ti-ca

,
Adj.
[So called from
Utica
, in New York.]
(Geol.)
Of, pertaining to, or designating, a subdivision of the Trenton Period of the Lower Silurian, characterized in the State of New York by beds of shale.

Definition 2024


Utica

Utica

English

Proper noun

Utica

  1. A Phoenician colony on the African coast, near Carthage.
  2. Any of various cities in the United States, most notably a city in New York.

Derived terms


Latin

Etymology

From a Phoenician term cognate to Hebrew עתיק.

Proper noun

Utica f (genitive Uticae); first declension

  1. Utica (ancient Punic city in modern Tunisia)

Declension

First declension, with locative.

Case Singular
nominative Utica
genitive Uticae
dative Uticae
accusative Uticam
ablative Uticā
vocative Utica
locative Uticae

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