ancona

¹

[ahn-kaw-nah, ang-koh-nuh]

noun

Italian.

plural

ancone ,

plural

anconas .

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

Ancona

²

[ahn-kaw-nah]

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.

Ancona

/ 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)

Word History and Origins

Origin of Ancona¹

First recorded in 1870–75

Example Sentences

Ronni Ancona, co-writer and star of the early 2000s TV series The Big Impression, said she "could see" that the writers were also trying to make a point about US Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr's pledge to remove fluoride from US drinking water.

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Ted Ancona and his wife, Valerie Mathews, have driven their 24-foot recreational vehicle on summer trips to the eastern Sierra Nevada mountains and to Albuquerque,where Ancona was born.

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“This is our home,” said Ancona, 73, sitting at a wooden picnic table outside the RV at a San Dimas campground.

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Ancona and Mathews, 71, escaped the fire with pictures they grabbed from the walls and their 14-year-old mixed tabby cat Callie.

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Ancona drove out in their truck and Mathews took the wheel of the RV.

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