Ancona

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English

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Etymology

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

Proper noun

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.

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Noun

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.

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References

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

Italian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /anˈko.na/
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  • Rhymes: -ona
  • Hyphenation: An‧có‧na

Proper noun

Ancona f

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

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Latin

Proper noun

Ancōna f sg (genitive Ancōnae); first declension

  1. Alternative form of Ancōn

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

singular
nominative Ancōna
genitive Ancōnae
dative Ancōnae
accusative Ancōnam
ablative Ancōnā
vocative Ancōna
locative Ancōnae

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: An‧co‧na

Proper noun

Ancona

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