Ancona

== English == === Etymology === From Italian Ancona, from Latin Ancōna, from ancōn (“curve, elbow”). === Proper noun === Ancona A province of Marche, Italy. A port city and comune, the capital of the province of Ancona and of the region of Marche, Italy. A small town in the Shire of Mansfield, Victoria, Australia, named after Ancona, Italy. A locality in Clearwater County, Alberta, Canada. An unincorporated community in Reading Township, Livingston County, Illinois, United States, named after Ancona, Italy. ==== Derived terms ==== Anconan ==== Translations ==== === Noun === Ancona (plural Anconas) 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 ==== ==== 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/ Rhymes: -ona Hyphenation: An‧có‧na === Proper noun === Ancona f Ancona (a province of Marche, Italy) Ancona (a port city and comune, the capital of the province of Ancona and of the region of Marche, Italy) the letter A in the Italian spelling alphabet ==== Derived terms ==== anconetano, anconitano == Latin == === Proper noun === Ancōna f sg (genitive Ancōnae); first declension alternative form of Ancōn: a city in the modern region of Marche, Italy (New Latin) a province of Marche, Italy ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun, with locative, singular only. == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: An‧co‧na === Proper noun === Ancona ? Ancona (a province of Marche, Italy) Ancona (a port city and comune, the capital of the province of Ancona and of the region of Marche, Italy)