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UTICA (YOO-tih-kuh)
City
of eastern New York state
Ancient
city northwest of Carthage
Common
clues: New York city; City near Syracuse; Rival of ancient
Carthage; Carthage
neighbor; City on the Mohawk; Upstate New York city
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Utica
is a city in the American state of New York,
and the county seat of Oneida County. The current mayor of Utica
is David Roefaro. The City of Utica is situated within the region
referred to as the Mohawk Valley and the Leatherstocking Region
in Central New York State. Utica has an extensive park system,
with winter and summer sports facilities. Utica and the
neighboring city of Rome are principal cities of the Utica–Rome,
New York Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Oneida and
Herkimer counties.
Looking
south on Utica's Genesee Street
Like
many industrial towns and cities in the northeastern Rust Belt,
Utica has experienced a major reduction in manufacturing activity
in the past several decades, and is in serious financial trouble;
many public services have been curtailed to save money. Suburbs
in Utica have begun to experience suburban sprawl; this is common
in many Upstate New York cities, which are suffering from what
the Sierra Club termed "sprawl without growth,"
although recently notable efforts have been made to revitalize
the Downtown and Oneida Square areas of Utica by planning the
construction of quality apartment housing.
In
"The Simpsons" episode from season 5 titled
"$pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love
Legalized Gambling)", Grampa watches an old newsreel of
Springfield's early period of prosperity. The newsreel ends with
the narrator declaring, "So watch out, Utica, Springfield is
a City on...the Grow!"
Utica
is an ancient city northwest of Carthage near
the outflow of the Medjerda River into the Mediterranean Sea,
traditionally considered to be the first colony founded by the
Phoenicians in North Africa. Today, Utica no longer exists, and
its remains are located not on the coast where it once lay, but
further inland because the Medjerda River caused the silting over
of its original port.
The
ruins of Utica
Utica
was founded as a port located on the trade route leading to the
Straits of Gibraltar and the Atlantic, thus facilitating
Phoenician trade in the Mediterranean. The actual founding date
of Utica is controversial. Several classical authors date its
foundation around 1100 BC. The archaeological evidence, however,
suggests a foundation no earlier than the eighth century BC.
Although Carthage was later founded about 40 km. from Utica,
records suggest “that until 540 BC Utica was still
maintaining political and economic autonomy in relation to its
powerful Carthaginian neighbor”. By the fourth century BC,
Utica came under Punic control but continued to exist as a
privileged ally of Carthage.
In
AD 439, the Vandals captured Utica, in AD 534 the Byzantines
captured it once more, and the Arabs were responsible for its
ultimate destruction around AD 700. "Excavations at the site
have yielded two Punic cemeteries and Roman ruins, including
baths and a villa with mosaics".
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“Utica,
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UTICA
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We >1 04 City on the Mohawk
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Tu+ >1 05 New York city OLEAN
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We+ >1 01 Mohawk River city
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Tu+ >1 02 City near Syracuse
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We >1 03 City on the Mohawk River
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We- >1 01 Erie Canal city ABANY
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We- >1 08 Mohawk Valley city
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Tu+ >1 99 City east of Syracuse
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Th- LAT 09 Rival of ancient Carthage
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Tu >1 08 City in central New York
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Mo >1 04 City on the Erie Canal
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We- >1 09 Central New York city
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City southeast of Rome
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Fr >1 08 Seat of New York's Oneida County
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Tu- NYT 04 Ancient city NW of Carthage
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Fr- >1 09 Ancient city near Carthage
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We- LAT 99 Ancient city, NW of Carthage
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Th Rea 09 Annette Funicello's N.Y. birthplace
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Th- >1 02 N.Y. city on the Mohawk
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Upstate New York city OLEAN
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Ally of Carthage
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We CSy 06 Ancient Phoenician city northwest of Carthage
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Ancient city northwest of Carthage
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Th NYT 07 City 15 miles SE of Rome
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Th Rea 03 City E of Syracuse
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Th- NYT 98 Home of the Cyclones
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We- >1 98 Iowa State University site
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Th >1 01 Port east of Gibraltar
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Algiers metropolis
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