Ancona

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

Ancona

1. A city and associated province in the Marche, Italy.

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.

• Anconan

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

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

• IPA^(key): /aŋˈkona/

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• Rhymes: -na

Ancona f

1. Ancona (province and city)
2. The letter A in the Italian phonetic alphabet

• anconetano, anconitano

Ancōna f (genitive Ancōnae); first declension

1. Alternative form of Ancōn

First declension, with locative.

Ancona f

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