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ancona
1[ ahn-kaw-nah; English ang-koh-nuh ]
noun
- an altarpiece, usually consisting of a painted panel or panels, reliefs, or statues set in an elaborate frame.
Ancona
2[ ahn-kaw-nah ]
noun
- a seaport in E Italy, on the Adriatic Sea.
- one of a Mediterranean breed of chickens having mottled black-and-white plumage.
Ancona
/ ŋˈːԲ /
noun
- a port in central Italy, on the Adriatic, capital of the Marches: founded by Greeks from Syracuse in about 390 bc . Pop: 100 507 (2001)
Word History and Origins
Origin of ancona1
Example Sentences
Ronni Ancona, co-writer and star of the early 2000s TV series The Big Impression, said she "could see" that the writers were also trying to make a point about US Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr's pledge to remove fluoride from US drinking water.
Ted Ancona and his wife, Valerie Mathews, have driven their 24-foot recreational vehicle on summer trips to the eastern Sierra Nevada mountains and to Albuquerque,where Ancona was born.
“This is our home,” said Ancona, 73, sitting at a wooden picnic table outside the RV at a San Dimas campground.
Ancona and Mathews, 71, escaped the fire with pictures they grabbed from the walls and their 14-year-old mixed tabby cat Callie.
Ancona drove out in their truck and Mathews took the wheel of the RV.
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