Ancona

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Proper noun[edit]

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.

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Noun[edit]

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.

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References[edit]

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

Italian[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /anˈko.na/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ona
  • Hyphenation: An‧có‧na

Proper noun[edit]

Ancona f

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

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Latin[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Ancōna f sg (genitive Ancōnae); first declension

  1. Alternative form of Ancōn

Declension[edit]

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Ancōna
Genitive Ancōnae
Dative Ancōnae
Accusative Ancōnam
Ablative Ancōnā
Vocative Ancōna
Locative Ancōnae

Portuguese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

 

  • Hyphenation: An‧co‧na

Proper noun[edit]

Ancona

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