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ancona

ancona noun: an altarpiece, especially one of multiple connected pictures. Also the alternative form of ancon.

Noun (1)

ancona (plural anconas or ancone)

  1. An altarpiece, especially one of multiple connected pictures

Proper noun capitalized: Ancona

Ancona

  1. A province of Marche, Italy.
  2. A port city and comune, the capital of the province of Ancona and of the region of Marche, Italy.
  3. A small town in the Shire of Mansfield, Victoria, Australia, named after Ancona, Italy.
  4. A locality in Clearwater County, Alberta, Canada.
  5. An unincorporated community in Reading Township, Livingston County, Illinois, United States, named after Ancona, Italy.

Noun (2) capitalized: Ancona

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.

Also used as

ancona is also the alternative form of ancon.

Forms of ancona

pluralanconas
pluralancone
pluralAnconas

Origin of ancona

Borrowed from Italian ancona.

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

Words formed from ancona

Questions about ancona

What does ancona mean?
Ancona means an altarpiece, especially one of multiple connected pictures.
What part of speech is ancona?
Ancona can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of ancona?
The plural of ancona is anconas.

Words near ancona in the dictionary

  1. ancom
  2. ancome
  3. ancomes
  4. ancoms
  5. ancon
  6. ancona
  7. anconad
  8. anconal
  9. Anconan
  10. Anconans
  11. anconas

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