ANCONA Definition & Meaning

ancona

[ ahn-kaw-nah; English ang-koh-nuh ]

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noun

Italian.

plural ancone English anconas.

an altarpiece, usually consisting of a painted panel or panels, reliefs, or statues set in an elaborate frame.

Ancona

[ ahn-kaw-nah ]

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noun

a seaport in E Italy, on the Adriatic Sea.
one of a Mediterranean breed of chickens having mottled black-and-white plumage.

Ancona

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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)

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Origin of ancona¹

First recorded in 1870–75

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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.

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“This is our home,” said Ancona, 73, sitting at a wooden picnic table outside the RV at a San Dimas campground.

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Ancona and Mathews, 71, escaped the fire with pictures they grabbed from the walls and their 14-year-old mixed tabby cat Callie.

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Ancona drove out in their truck and Mathews took the wheel of the RV.

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Following a couple nights in the Rose Bowl parking lot, Ancona and Mathews found a spot in the Bonelli Bluffs RV Resort and Campground, located in a county park.

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