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  1. ankernoun

    a measure of wine or spirit equal to 10 gallons; a barrel of this capacity

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Ankernoun

    A liquid measure chiefly used at Amsterdam. It is the fourth part of the awm, and contains two stekans: each stekan consists of sixteen mengles; the mengle being equal to two of our wine quarts. Ephraim Chambers

    Etymology: ancker, Dut.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Ankernoun

    a liquid measure in various countries of Europe. The Dutch anker, formerly also used in England, contained about 10 of the old wine gallons, or 8/ imperial gallons

  2. Etymology: [D. anker: cf. LL. anceria, ancheria.]

Wikidata

  1. Anker

    The Anker was a German automobile manufactured in Berlin between 1919 and 1920. Cars were built up from war-surplus components of the 1,145 cc inline-four engine Wanderer.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Anker

    angk′ėr, n. a liquid measure used in Northern Europe, formerly in England, varying considerably—that of Rotterdam having a capacity of 10 old wine gallons, or 8⅓ imperial gallons. [Dut.]

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. anker

    An anker of brandy contains ten gallons. The kegs in which Hollands is mostly exported are ankers and half-ankers.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. ANKER

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Anker is ranked #17764 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Anker surname appeared 1,577 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Anker.

    88.9% or 1,402 total occurrences were White.
    4.5% or 72 total occurrences were Asian.
    3.2% or 51 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    1.9% or 30 total occurrences were of two or more races.

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  1. Karen

  2. naker

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of anker in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of anker in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

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