name
Meaning 1
A province of Marche, Italy.
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Standard Lemma guide
Ancona
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name
Meaning 2
A port city and comune, the capital of the province of Ancona and of the region of Marche, Italy.
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name
Meaning 3
A small town in the Shire of Mansfield, Victoria, Australia, named after Ancona, Italy.
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name
Meaning 4
A locality in Clearwater County, Alberta, Canada.
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name
Meaning 5
An unincorporated community in Reading Township, Livingston County, Illinois, United States, named after Ancona, Italy.
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noun
Meaning 6
A breed of poultry.
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Examples
- In all but colouring, the Ancona is a very similar bird to the Leghorn. It was imported from Italy probably some years before the latter. See ref. p.43.
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noun
Meaning 7
An altarpiece, especially one of multiple connected pictures
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noun
Meaning 8
Alternative form of ancon
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Usage: alt-of, alternative
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History
Etymology
From Italian Ancona, from Latin Ancōna, from ancōn (“curve, elbow”).
Borrowed from Italian ancona.
Across languages
Translations
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: Անկոնա (Ankona) — city, province
- Chinese Mandarin: 安科納 /安科纳 (Ānkēnà) — city, province
- French: Ancône — city, province
- Georgian: ანკონა (anḳona) — city, province
- Greek: Ανκόνα (Ankóna) — city, province
- Ancient Greek: Ἀγκών (Ankṓn) — city, province
- Hindi: अनकोना (ankonā) — city, province
- Italian: Ancona — city, province
- Japanese: アンコーナ — city, province
- Korean: 안코나 (ankona) — city, province
- Latin: Ancōn — city, province
- Latin: Ancōna — city, province
- Marathi: आंकोना (āṅkonā) — city, province
- Polish: Ankona — city, province
- Portuguese: Ancona — city, province
- Russian: Анко́на (Ankóna) — city, province
- Slovene: Jakin — city, province
- Turkish: Ancona — city, province
- Marathi: आंकोना (āṅkonā) — breed of poultry
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