Corfu

[ kawr-foo, -fyoo; Italian kawr-foo ]

noun

1. Ancient Corcyra. one of the Ionian Islands, off the NW coast of Greece. 229 sq. mi. (593 sq. km).
2. a seaport on this island.

Corfu

/ kɔːˈfuː /

noun

1. an island in the Ionian Sea, in the Ionian Islands: forms, with neighbouring islands, a department of Greece. Pop: 107 879 (2001). Area: 641 sq km (247 sq miles)
2. a port on E Corfu island. Pop (municipality): 41 532 (2001)

Example Sentences

“When I was a kid who had just moved here from Corfu, I used to watch the Man from U.N.C.L.E,” he says.

From The Daily Beast

He was born Prince Philippos Prince of Greece and Denmark on the Greek Island of Corfu in 1921, sixth in line to the Greek throne.

From The Daily Beast

He born Prince Philippos Prince of Greece and Denmark on the Greek Island of Corfu in 1921.

From The Daily Beast

The object might be Corfu, or to overthrow the existing government of Turkey, or to settle a colony in Egypt.

From Project Gutenberg

Corfu, and the neighboring islands at the mouth of the Adriatic, till then belonging to Venice, were transferred to France.

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It was thence conveyed to Corfu, where it is still preserved.

From Project Gutenberg

Thirty-six of them were based on Corfu, and formed part of the barrage across the Straits of Otranto.

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We were between the Piræus and Corfu one evening when it came on suddenly very dark and dirty.

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