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anca — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • hip noun The joint and surrounding area where the leg meets the pelvis.
  • rump noun The hindquarters or buttocks of an animal or person.

Senses

anca is used for these senses in English:

  • ance Added to a verb to form a noun indicating a process or action.
  • Ançã A village and parish of Cantanhede, Coimbra district, Região de Coimbra, Centro, Portugal.
  • hip (slang, possibly, dated) A drug addict, especially someone addicted to a narcotic like heroin.
  • hip bone (anatomy) One of two roughly symmetrical parts of the skeleton, each composed of the fused iliac, ischial, and pubic bones, that together form the sides of the pelvis.
  • rump A cut of meat from the rump of an animal.

hip — full definition

  1. noun The joint and surrounding area where the leg meets the pelvis.
  2. adj Fashionable, trendy, and up-to-date.
  3. noun The fruit produced by a rose plant, especially the rosehip.

rump — full definition

  1. noun The hindquarters or buttocks of an animal or person.
  2. noun A cut of beef from this part of the animal.
  3. noun A small, powerless remnant of a larger group, especially a political body.

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