[[File:NLM MS P 2-fol187b-anqa.jpg|thumb|300px|Qazwini's depiction of the anqa in ''The Wonders of Creation'']]
'''Anqa''' ({{lang-ar|عَنْقَاء|ʿanqāʾ}}),<ref name="lane">{{cite book |last1=Lane |first1=Edward William |title=Arabic-English Lexicon |date=1863 |publisher=Cosimo Classics |location=London |isbn=9781616408985 |page=2177 |url=http://www.tyndalearchive.com/TABS/Lane// |access-date=3 October 2019}}</ref> also spelled '' 'Anqa' '', or ''Anka'', or '''''Anqa Mughrib''''' or '''''Anqa al-Mughrib''''' ({{lang-ar|العَنْقَاء المُغْرِب}}){{Efn|({{lang-ar|مُغْرِب|'''Mughrib'''}}) is the person who throw people down toward west or during sunset}} is a large mysterious or fabulous female bird in [[Arabian mythology]]. She is said to fly far away and only appear once in ages. However, it is also said that she can be found at "the place of the setting of the sun".<ref name="lane"/>