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Albanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Venetan inciò, anciò, from Ligurian anciôa. Doublet of açugë and inçun.
Noun
ançua m (definite ançoi) (dialectal, Tosk)
- anchovy (Engraulis encrasicholus)
- Synonyms: açugë, inçun, korobace, gjuhcë, gavro
References
- Mann, S. E. (1948) “ançue […] -ua”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 6b