Ancona

See also: ancona

English

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Ancona

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

Derived terms

• Anconan

Translations

city, province

• Armenian: Անկոնա (hy) (Ankona)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 安科納／安科纳 (zh) (Ānkēnà)

• French: Ancône (fr)
• Georgian: ანკონა (anḳona)
• Greek: Ανκόνα (el) f (Ankóna)

  Ancient: Ἀγκών f (Ankṓn)

• Italian: Ancona (it) f
• Japanese: アンコーナ
• Korean: 안코나 (ankona)
• Latin: Ancōn (la) f, Ancōna (la) f
• Marathi: आंकोना (āṅkonā)
• Polish: Ankona (pl) f
• Portuguese: Ancona f
• Russian: Анко́на f (Ankóna)
• Turkish: Ancona

Noun

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.

Derived terms

• Ancobar

Translations

breed of poultry

• Marathi: आंकोना (āṅkonā)

References

1962: C. Arthur Pearson. Pictorial Poultry-Keeping. Cox & Wyman Ltd (2nd ed.)

Italian

Etymology

From Latin Ancōna, from ancōn (“curve, elbow”), due to the form of the cape where the city was founded.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /anˈko.na/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ona
• Hyphenation: An‧có‧na

Proper noun

Ancona f

1. Ancona (a city and province of Marche, Italy)
2. the letter A in the Italian spelling alphabet

Derived terms

• anconetano, anconitano

Latin

Proper noun

Ancōna f sg (genitive Ancōnae); first declension

1. Alternative form of Ancōn

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Ancōna
genitive	Ancōnae
dative	Ancōnae
accusative	Ancōnam
ablative	Ancōnā
vocative	Ancōna
locative	Ancōnae

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃ˈkõ.nɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃ˈkõ.nɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃ˈko.na/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃ˈko.nɐ/

• Hyphenation: An‧co‧na

Proper noun

Ancona

1. Ancona (a city and province of Marche, Italy)