Modesto
a city of California, the county-seat of Stanislaus co. It is on the Tuolumne river and the Southern Pacific railroad. The city has an extensive trade in grain, fruit, wool, livestock, dairy products, etc., and is the center of a productive agricultural region which has been developed by irrigation.
The notable buildings include a court house, a public library, and a county hospital. Pop. (1910) 4,034; (1920) 9,241.
MODICA (mod'ē-kä), an inland town of Sicily, 45 miles S. W. of Syracuse, with trade in fruit, oil, wine, and grain.
Pop. of commune, about 56,000.