ancona

noun, plural an·co·ne [ahn-kaw-ne] /ɑnˈkɔ nɛ/, English an·co·nas. Italian.

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

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.

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)