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Meaning of UTICA

Pronunciation:  'yootiku

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  an ancient city on the north coast of Africa (northwest of Carthage); destroyed by Arabs around 700 AD
  2. [n]  a city in central New York
 
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 See Also: city, Empire State, metropolis, New York, New York State, NY, Phenicia, Phoenicia, urban center

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\U"ti*ca\, a. [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.
 

 

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