ancona

¹ American  

[ahn-kaw-nah, ang-koh-nuh] / ɑnˈkɔ nɑ, æŋˈkoʊ nə /

noun

Italian.

plural

ancone,

plural

anconas

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

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Ancona ² American  

[ahn-kaw-nah] / ɑnˈkɔ nɑ /

noun

1. a seaport in E Italy, on the Adriatic Sea.

2. one of a Mediterranean breed of chickens having mottled black-and-white plumage.

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Ancona British  

/ aŋˈkoːna /

noun

1. 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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Etymology

Origin of ancona

First recorded in 1870–75

Example Sentences

His great ancona, in the National Gallery, is a marvel of elaborate ornament and enamel-like painting.

From The Venetian School of Painting by Phillipps, Evelyn March

The cathedral, rebuilt in 1772-1784, contains the chief work of the sculptor Domenico Rosselli of Rovezzano, a richly sculptured ancona of 1480.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" by Various

Crivelli continued executing one great ancona after another, limiting his progress to perfecting his technique, and his influence was most deeply felt by such Umbrian painters as Lorenzo di San Severino and Niccola Alunno.

From The Venetian School of Painting by Phillipps, Evelyn March

About this period, Allegri painted in the church of the Conventuals, at Coreggio, what is termed an ancona, a small altar-piece in wood, consisting of three pictures.

From The History of Painting in Italy, Vol. IV (of 6) from the Period of the Revival of the Fine Arts to the End of the Eighteenth Century by Lanzi, Luigi Antonio

There is an early ancona at La Rocca, near Varallo, another in the parocchia of Gattinara, and possibly a greatly damaged Pieta in the cloisters of Sta.

From Ex Voto by Butler, Samuel