ancona

¹

[ ahn-kaw-nah; English ang-koh-nuh ]

noun

, Italian.

, plural an·co·ne [ahn-, kaw, -ne], English an·co·nas.

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

The fliers, Ancona explained, are meant to educate people on what rights they legally have to use lethal force in self-defense.

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Ancona capitulated to the Austrians after a very destructive bombardment.

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Geronymo Mascalbruni was the son of a pauper belonging to a village whose name I forget, in the marshes of Ancona.

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Ancona: a city of central Italy, on the shores of the Adriatic.

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Ancona was so situated as to be one of the most important ports of the Adriatic.

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Francis, and his companion, whose name we are not told, embarked at Ancona.

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