A Coruña

A Coruña

English

Etymology

From Galician A Coruña, of uncertain origin.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌɑ kəˈɹunjə/
• Rhymes: -uːnjə

Proper noun

A Coruña

1. A historic city on the coast of Galicia, Spain.

   Synonyms: (Spanish form) La Coruña, (dated) Corunna, (archaic) The Groyne

2. A province of Galicia, Spain.

Translations

city in Galicia

Arabic: لَا كُورُونِيَا‎ f (lā kūrūniyā) Armenian: Լա Կորունյա (La Korunya) Basque: Coruña Catalan: la Corunya f Chinese: Cantonese: 拉科魯尼亞, 拉科鲁尼亚 (laai1 fo1 lou5 nei4 aa3) Mandarin: 拉科魯尼亞／拉科鲁尼亚 (zh) (Lākēlǔníyà, Lākēlǔníyǎ) Esperanto: Korunjo Estonian: La Coruña (et), A Coruña (et) Finnish: A Coruña French: La Corogne (fr) f Galician: A Coruña (gl) f Georgian: ლა-კორუნია (la-ḳorunia) German: La Coruña (de) n Greek: Λα Κορούνια (el) f (La Koroúnia) Hebrew: לָה קוֹרוּנְיָה‎ f (La Korúnya) Italian: La Coruña f Japanese: ラ・コルーニャ (Ra Korūnya), ア・コルーニャ (A Korūnya) Korean: 라코루냐 (RaKorunya), 아코루냐 (AKorunya) Latvian: Akoruņa f, Akorunja f, Lakoruņa f, Lakorunja f Occitan: La Coronha (oc) f Portuguese: A Corunha f, Corunha (pt) f Russian: Ла-Кору́нья (ru) f (La-Korúnʹja) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Коруња f Roman: Korunja f Spanish: La Coruña (es) f Thai: please add this translation if you can Ukrainian: Ла-Кору́нья f (La-Korúnʹja)

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Galician

Alternative forms

• Cruña (dated)

Etymology

Uncertain. Predominant theories are:

• A corruption of the word for “crown”;
• From French Cluny, a commune in eastern France;
• From Scottish Gaelic cork orrunach (literally “harbor of the brave men”): Celtic settlers had been known to explore the coast;
• From Crunia, a medieval Leonese name of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a koˈɾu.ɲa̝/, /a ˈkɾu.ɲa̝/

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Proper noun

A Coruña f

1. A Coruña (a province of Galicia, Spain; capital: A Coruña)
2. A Coruña (a city in A Coruña, Galicia, Spain)

Usage notes

The definite article a in A Coruña and other Galician proper nouns behaves and follows the same rules as if it was placed before a common noun, and so it contracts with several prepositions, as for example:

• de + A = da: e.g. veño da Coruña (“I've arrived from A Coruña”)
• en + A = na: e.g. vivo na Coruña (“I live in A Coruña”)
• por + A = pola: e.g. vai pola Coruña (“stop by A Coruña”)

Coordinate terms

• herculino

Derived terms

• coruñés