"Ancona" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: From Italian Ancona, from Latin Ancōna, from ancōn (“curve, elbow”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|it|Ancona}} Italian Ancona, {{der|en|la|Ancōna}} Latin Ancōna, {{m|la|ancōn||curve, elbow}} ancōn (“curve, elbow”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Ancona
  1. A city and associated province of Marche, Italy. Categories (place): Cities in Italy, Cities in Marche, Places in Italy, Places in Marche, Provinces of Italy Translations (city, province): Ἀγκών (Ankṓn) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), Անկոնա (Ankona) (Armenian), 安科納 (Chinese Mandarin), 安科纳 (Ānkēnà) (Chinese Mandarin), Ancône (French), ანკონა (anḳona) (Georgian), Ανκόνα (Ankóna) [feminine] (Greek), Ancona [feminine] (Italian), アンコーナ (Japanese), 안코나 (ankona) (Korean), Ancōn [feminine] (Latin), Ancōna [feminine] (Latin), Ankona [feminine] (Polish), Ancona [feminine] (Portuguese), Анко́на (Ankóna) [feminine] (Russian), Ancona (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-Ancona-en-name-c--WFRwL Disambiguation of 'city, province': 59 5 20 16
  2. A small town in the Shire of Mansfield, Victoria, Australia, named after Ancona, Italy. Categories (place): Places in Australia, Places in Victoria, Towns in Australia, Towns in Victoria
    Sense id: en-Ancona-en-name-Xh5TgYR8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 39 29 23 8 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 2 46 23 25 5
  3. A locality in Clearwater County, Alberta, Canada. Categories (place): Places in Alberta, Places in Canada, Villages in Alberta, Villages in Canada
    Sense id: en-Ancona-en-name-Ei~Edz~m
  4. An unincorporated community in Reading Township, Livingston County, Illinois, United States, named after Ancona, Italy. Categories (place): Places in Illinois, USA, Places in the United States, Unincorporated communities in Illinois, USA, Unincorporated communities in the United States
    Sense id: en-Ancona-en-name-3hOusdVs
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Anconan

Noun

Forms: Anconas [plural]
Etymology: From Italian Ancona, from Latin Ancōna, from ancōn (“curve, elbow”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|it|Ancona}} Italian Ancona, {{der|en|la|Ancōna}} Latin Ancōna, {{m|la|ancōn||curve, elbow}} ancōn (“curve, elbow”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} Ancona (plural Anconas)
  1. A breed of poultry. Categories (lifeform): Chickens Derived forms: Ancobar
    Sense id: en-Ancona-en-noun-jWDHQV3Q Disambiguation of Chickens: 3 25 21 19 31

Inflected forms

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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Ānkēnà",
      "sense": "city, province",
      "word": "安科纳"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "city, province",
      "word": "Ancône"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "anḳona",
      "sense": "city, province",
      "word": "ანკონა"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "Ankóna",
      "sense": "city, province",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Ανκόνα"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "Ankṓn",
      "sense": "city, province",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Ἀγκών"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "city, province",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Ancona"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "city, province",
      "word": "アンコーナ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "ankona",
      "sense": "city, province",
      "word": "안코나"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "city, province",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Ancōn"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "city, province",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Ancōna"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "city, province",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Ankona"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "city, province",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Ancona"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Ankóna",
      "sense": "city, province",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Анко́на"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "city, province",
      "word": "Ancona"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Ancona"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English proper nouns",
    "English terms borrowed from Italian",
    "English terms derived from Italian",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "en:Chickens"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "Ancobar"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "it",
        "3": "Ancona"
      },
      "expansion": "Italian Ancona",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "Ancōna"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin Ancōna",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ancōn",
        "3": "",
        "4": "curve, elbow"
      },
      "expansion": "ancōn (“curve, elbow”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Italian Ancona, from Latin Ancōna, from ancōn (“curve, elbow”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Anconas",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "Ancona (plural Anconas)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "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."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A breed of poultry."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "poultry",
          "poultry"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Ancona"
}

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