Proper Name guide

A Coruña

name · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • US: /ˌɑ kəˈɹunjə/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -uːnjə

1

name

Meaning 1

The capital city of the province of A Coruña, Galicia, Spain.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: La Coruña, Corunna, The Groyne

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

A province of Galicia, Spain.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Galician A Coruña, of uncertain origin.

Across languages

Translations

35 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: لَا كُورُونِيَا (lā kūrūniyā) — city in Galicia
  • Armenian: Լա Կորունյա (La Korunya) — city in Galicia
  • Basque: Coruña — city in Galicia
  • Catalan: la Corunya — city in Galicia
  • Chinese Cantonese: 拉科魯尼亞 /拉科鲁尼亚 (laai1 fo1 lou5 nei4 aa3) — city in Galicia
  • Chinese Mandarin: 拉科魯尼亞 /拉科鲁尼亚 (Lākēlǔníyà, Lākēlǔníyǎ) — city in Galicia
  • Esperanto: Korunjo — city in Galicia
  • Estonian: La Coruña — city in Galicia
  • Estonian: A Coruña — city in Galicia
  • Finnish: A Coruña — city in Galicia
  • French: La Corogne — city in Galicia
  • Galician: A Coruña — city in Galicia
  • Georgian: ლა-კორუნია (la-ḳorunia) — city in Galicia
  • German: La Coruña — city in Galicia
  • Greek: Λα Κορούνια (La Koroúnia) — city in Galicia
  • Hebrew: לָה קוֹרוּנְיָה (La Korúnya) — city in Galicia
  • Italian: La Coruña — city in Galicia
  • Japanese: ラ・コルーニャ (Ra Korūnya) — city in Galicia
  • Japanese: ア・コルーニャ (A Korūnya) — city in Galicia
  • Korean: 라코루냐 (RaKorunya) — city in Galicia
  • Korean: 아코루냐 (AKorunya) — city in Galicia
  • Latvian: Akoruņa — city in Galicia
  • Latvian: Akorunja — city in Galicia
  • Latvian: Lakoruņa — city in Galicia
  • Latvian: Lakorunja — city in Galicia
  • Marathi: आ कोरुन्या (ā korunyā) — city in Galicia
  • Occitan: La Coronha — city in Galicia
  • Portuguese: A Corunha — city in Galicia
  • Portuguese: Corunha — city in Galicia
  • Russian: Ла-Кору́нья (La-Korúnʹja) — city in Galicia
  • Serbo-Croatian: Коруња — city in Galicia
  • Serbo-Croatian: Korunja — city in Galicia
  • Spanish: La Coruña — city in Galicia
  • Thai: อาโกรุญญา — city in Galicia
  • Ukrainian: Ла-Кору́нья (La-Korúnʹja) — city in Galicia