Corfu

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

noun

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

Greek Kerkyra.

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If anyone was a princely pauper, it was Philip Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg, who was born in 1921 atop a kitchen table on the island of Corfu in the Ionian sea.
The Queen’s Man: Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Dies | Howard Chua-Eoan | April 9, 2021 | Time
“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.
Inside New York’s Most Powerful Diner | Tom Teodorczuk | October 31, 2014 | 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.
A Very Unhappy 92nd Birthday for Prince Philip as He Recovers From Surgery in Hospital | Tom Sykes | June 10, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
He born Prince Philippos Prince of Greece and Denmark on the Greek Island of Corfu in 1921.
The Grand Old Duke of Edinburgh: Why Everybody Loves Phil | Tom Sykes | November 23, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
The object might be Corfu, or to overthrow the existing government of Turkey, or to settle a colony in Egypt.
The Life of Nelson, Vol. I (of 2) | A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan

Corfu, and the neighboring islands at the mouth of the Adriatic, till then belonging to Venice, were transferred to France.
The Life of Nelson, Vol. I (of 2) | A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan
It was thence conveyed to Corfu, where it is still preserved.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 03 | Various
Thirty-six of them were based on Corfu, and formed part of the barrage across the Straits of Otranto.
The Heroic Record of the British Navy | Archibald Hurd
We were between the Piræus and Corfu one evening when it came on suddenly very dark and dirty.
The Sportswoman's Library, v. 2 | Various

British Dictionary definitions for Corfu

Corfu

/ (kɔːˈfuː) /

noun

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)
a port on E Corfu island. Pop (municipality): 41 532 (2001)

Modern Greek name: Kérkyra
Ancient name: Corcyra

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