utica Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a city in central New York
  2. noun an ancient city on the north coast of Africa (northwest of Carthage); destroyed by Arabs around 700 AD

WordNet

U"ti*ca adjective
Etymology
So called from Utica, in New York.
Definitions
  1. (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.

Webster 1913