Italian - Turkish
Definition of ancona in Italian Turkish dictionary
- ankon
Italian - English
Definition of ancona in Italian English dictionary
- Ancona, province and capital of Marches, important port city on the Adriatic
- ancon, bracket-like support (Architecture)
English - English
Definition of ancona in English English dictionary
- A breed of poultry
- Town and capital of Ancona and also the capital of Marche
- Province of Marche, Italy
- An altarpiece, especially one of multiple connected pictures
- Seaport (pop., 2001: 100,402), capital of the Marche region, central Italy. Founded by colonists from Syracuse 390 BC, it was taken by Rome in the 2nd century BC. It became a flourishing port particularly favoured by Trajan, who enlarged the harbour. It was attached to the Holy Roman Empire in the 12th century; in the 16th century it came under papal protection, which was largely maintained until Ancona became part of Italy in 1861. It underwent severe bombing in World War II, but many notable Roman and medieval landmarks survive