Coventry

English

Etymology

From Old English Cofentrēo, Cofantrēo, of obscure origin. Believed to be derived from an Anglo-Saxon named Cofa, hence Cofantrēo (literally “Cofa's tree”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒvəntɹi/, [ˈkʰɒvəntʃɹi] or IPA^(key): /ˈkʌvəntɹi/

• Audio (UK):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑvəntɹi/, [ˈkʰɑvəntʃɹi]

Proper noun

Coventry

1. An industrial city and metropolitan borough of the West Midlands, in central England, historically in Warwickshire.
2. A place in the United States:
   1. A town in Tolland County, Connecticut.
   2. A town in Chenango County, New York.
   3. A township in Summit County, Ohio.
   4. A town in Kent County, Rhode Island.
   5. A town and census-designated place therein, in Orleans County, Vermont.
3. A surname.

Synonyms

• Cov (informal)

Derived terms

• coventrate
• Coventrian
• coventrieren (German)
• North Coventry
• send to Coventry, sent to Coventry

Translations

an industrial city in central England

• Arabic: كوفنتري (kūfintrī)
• Armenian: Կովենտրի (Koventri)
• Bulgarian: Ко́вънтри (Kóvǎntri)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 考文垂 (zh) (Kǎowénchuí)

• Georgian: კოვენტრი m (ḳovenṭri)
• Greek: Κόβεντρι (Kóventri)
• Japanese: コヴェントリー (Koventorī)
• Korean: 코번트리 (kobeonteuri)
• Latvian: Koventri f
• Lithuanian: Koventris m
• Macedonian: Ковентри (Koventri)
• Marathi: कॉव्हंट्री (kŏvhaṇṭrī)
• Polish: Coventry (pl) n (indeclinable)
• Russian: Ко́вентри m (Kóventri)
• Scots: Coventry
• Ukrainian: Ко́вентрі m (Kóventri)

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Coventry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.vɛn.tri/
• Rhymes: -ɛntri
• Syllabification: Co‧ven‧try

Proper noun

Coventry n (indeclinable)

1. Coventry (an industrial city in central England, United Kingdom)

Further reading

• Coventry in Polish dictionaries at PWN