Ortygian

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adjective

Of or relating to the island of Ortygia.

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Meanings

adjectiveOrtygian (comparative more Ortygian, superlative most Ortygian)

comparative more Ortygian · superlative most Ortygian

  1. Of or relating to the island of Ortygia.

    In the rocking deep / Beneath the Ortygian shore;——

    1820, Percy Bysshe Shelley, “Arethusa”, in Mary W[ollstonecraft] Shelley, editor, Posthumous Poems of Percy Bysshe Shelley, London: […] [C. H. Reynell] for John and Henry L[eigh] Hunt, […], published 1824, →OCLC, page 160
nounOrtygian (plural Ortygians)

plural Ortygians

  1. A native or inhabitant of Ortygia.

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Cite this entry
APA

Ortygian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ortygian

MLA

“Ortygian.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ortygian. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Ortygian,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ortygian.

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