a town, capital of Tompkin's county, state of New York, North America, situate on both sides of the Cayuga Inlet, about a mile S. from the head of Cayuga Lake, and 162 miles W. by S. from Albany. It is regularly built, and pleasantly situate, being surrounded on three sides by hills rising to the height of 500 feet. The Cayuga and Susquehanna railroad connects it with Owego, and another line extends northward to Auburn and Lake Ontario. It has one cotton and two woollen factories, a paper mill, and several iron foundries. Pop. (1853) estimated at 7000.