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
• Marathi: आ कोरुन्या (ā korunyā)
• 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: อาโกรุญญา
• Ukrainian: Ла-Кору́нья f (La-Korúnʹja)

Galician

Alternative forms

• Cruña (dated)
• A Corunha (reintegrationist)

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/

• Audio:

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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