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• ancona
  ancona

  noun

  an altarpiece, usually consisting of a painted panel or panels, reliefs, or statues set in an elaborate frame.
• Ancona
  Ancona

  noun

  a seaport in E Italy, on the Adriatic Sea.

ancona

¹ American  

[ahn-kaw-nah, ang-koh-nuh] / ɑnˈkɔ nɑ, æŋˈkoʊ nə /

noun

Italian.

• ancone,
  plural
• anconas
  plural

1. an altarpiece, usually consisting of a painted panel or panels, reliefs, or statues set in an elaborate frame.

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Ancona ² American  

[ahn-kaw-nah] / ɑnˈkɔ nɑ /

noun

1. a seaport in E Italy, on the Adriatic Sea.

2. one of a Mediterranean breed of chickens having mottled black-and-white plumage.

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Ancona British  

/ aŋˈkoːna /

noun

1. a port in central Italy, on the Adriatic, capital of the Marches: founded by Greeks from Syracuse in about 390 _bc . Pop: 100 507 (2001)

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• anconas
  plural
• ancone
  plural

Etymology

Origin of ancona

First recorded in 1870–75

Example Sentences

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ancona Ancona

He had picked up the first fragment, a slender St. Catherine of Alexandria demurely leaning upon her spiked wheel, at a provincial antiquary's in Romagna, not far from where the ancona had been impiously dismembered.

From The Collectors by Frank Jewett Mather

There is an early ancona at La Rocca, near Varallo, another in the parocchia of Gattinara, and possibly a greatly damaged Pieta in the cloisters of Sta.

From Ex Voto by Samuel Butler

It was while completing this picture that the message as to the San Agostino ancona reached Pietro.

From Great Masters in Painting: Perugino by George C. Williamson

One of the most puzzling questions which arises in a book about Perugino is how this ancona is to be reconstructed.

From Great Masters in Painting: Perugino by George C. Williamson

The chapel of San Tarasio in San Zaccaria contains an ancona of which the central panel was only inserted in 1839, and is identical with Lorenzo’s other work.

From The Venetian School of Painting by Evelyn March Phillipps

Some people groaned in response, as Ancona asked for silence and respect.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 4, 2024

An earlier version of this article misstated the distance between Ancona and where the survivors were found.

From New York Times ● Mar. 14, 2024

British citizen Josie lives with her Italian husband in Ancona, Italy.

From BBC ● Dec. 5, 2023

At a City Council meeting last week, some residents called on Ancona to resign, saying she has lost her integrity.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 2, 2023

My dearest Carreta,—My last letter was from Ancona; the present is, as you see, from Rome. 

From The Life of George Borrow by Clement K. Shorter