# Ancona

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #59,191

## Definitions
1. A province of Marche, Italy.
2. A port city and comune, the capital of the province of Ancona and of the region of Marche, Italy.
3. A small town in the Shire of Mansfield, Victoria, Australia, named after Ancona, Italy.
4. A locality in Clearwater County, Alberta, Canada.
5. An unincorporated community in Reading Township, Livingston County, Illinois, United States, named after Ancona, Italy.

## Etymology
From Italian Ancona, from Latin Ancōna, from ancōn (“curve, elbow”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/ancona