English Explanatory Dictionary

Ancona

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A province of Marche, Italy.
  2. A port city and comune, the capital of the province of Ancona and of the region of Marche, Italy.
  3. A small town in the Shire of Mansfield, Victoria, Australia, named after Ancona, Italy.
  4. A locality in Clearwater County, Alberta, Canada.
  5. An unincorporated community in Reading Township, Livingston County, Illinois, United States, named after Ancona, Italy.
noun
  1. A breed of poultry.
noun
  1. An altarpiece, especially one of multiple connected pictures
  2. Alternative form of ancon

Word forms

Ancona Anconas ancone

Etymology

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

Derived words

Anconan Ancobar
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