Icaria: Meaning and Definition of

I•car•i•a

Pronunciation: (i-kâr'ē-u, ī-kâr'- Gk. ē&seckä-rē'ä), [key]
— n.
  1. a Greek island in the Aegean Sea: a part of the Southern Sporades group. 7702; 99 sq. mi. (256 sq. km).
  2. any of the former Utopian communities founded by the followers of Étienne Cabet, esp. the one established at Nauvoo, Illinois, in 1849.
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