La Coruña

American  

[lah kaw-roo-nyah] / ˌlɑ kɔˈru nyɑ /

noun

1. a seaport in NW Spain.

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La Coruña British  

/ la koˈruɲa /

noun

1. English name: Corunna.  Galician name: A Coruña.  a port in NW Spain, on the Atlantic: point of departure for the Spanish Armada (1588); site of the defeat of the French by the British under Sir John Moore in the Peninsular War (1809). Pop: 243 902 (2003 est)

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Example Sentences

The Verity was travelling from the northern German city of Bremen to Immingham in the UK when it collided with the Polesie, which had departed from Hamburg on a journey to La Coruña in Spain.

From BBC • Oct. 24, 2023

He arrived from Deportivo La Coruña in 1962 and played 14 seasons for Madrid.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 21, 2023

To followers of another fallen Spanish champion, Deportivo La Coruña, what is happening at Valencia is eerily familiar, and the common ingredient is not Lim but Mendes.

From New York Times • Jan. 19, 2017

She has a psychology degree from the Universidad de Santiago and lives in the Galician town of La Coruña, on the Atlantic coast, with her husband and three kids.

From Forbes • Mar. 3, 2014

We make a brief stop in La Coruña, Spain, where we are enchanted to hear the Spanish language.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar