Corfu

American  

[kawr-foo, -fyoo, kawr-foo] / ˈkɔr fu, -fju, kɔrˈfu /

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.

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Corfu British  

/ 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)

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Example Sentences

The pop star revealed she has had to listen to herself over the plane airways once when she went on a Jet2 holiday to the Greek island Corfu with her family.

From BBC • Dec. 9, 2025

A spokesperson for Corfu Airport said it was a "challenging moment" and they were "truly grateful" Mrs Williams was able to help.

From BBC • Nov. 3, 2025

The TUI flight from Corfu had been landing on 20 October last year, when it began to veer left off the runway.

From BBC • Oct. 24, 2024

A wildfire also forced evacuations from the island of Corfu during the night of July 25-26.

From Reuters • Aug. 22, 2023

There is also a regular correspondence by sailing vessels with all the leading Italian ports, and those of the Levant, as well as with Constantinople, Corfu, and Trieste.

From Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume I (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. by Scherzer, Karl Ritter von