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Ancona

proper noun

  1. Italian city in the Marches region
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Wiktionary

name

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

  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

Etymology: Etymology tree Italian anconabor. English ancona Borrowed from Italian ancona.

  1. An altarpiece, especially one of multiple connected pictures
  2. Alternative form of ancon