Ancona

 

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From Italian Ancona, from Latin Ancōna, from ancōn (“curve, elbow”).

Ancona

1. A city and associated province of Marche, Italy.
2. A small town in the Shire of Mansfield, Victoria, Australia, named after Ancona, Italy.
3. A locality in Clearwater County, Alberta, Canada.
4. An unincorporated community in Reading Township, Livingston County, Illinois, United States, named after Ancona, Italy.

• Anconan

Ancona (plural Anconas)

1. A breed of poultry.

   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.

• Ancobar

1962: C. Arthur Pearson. Pictorial Poultry-Keeping. Cox & Wyman Ltd (2nd ed.)

 

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Ancona

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From Latin Ancōna, from ancōn (“curve, elbow”), due to the form of the cape where the city was founded.

• IPA^(key): /anˈko.na/

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• Rhymes: -ona
• Hyphenation: An‧có‧na

Ancona f

1. Ancona (a city and province of Marche, Italy)
2. the letter A in the Italian spelling alphabet

• anconetano, anconitano

Ancōna f sg (genitive Ancōnae); first declension

1. Alternative form of Ancōn

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

• Hyphenation: An‧co‧na

Ancona

1. Ancona (a city and province of Marche, Italy)