La Coruña

American

[lah kaw-roo-nyah] / ˌlɑ kɔˈru njɑ /

noun

a seaport in NW Spain.

La Coruña British

/ la koˈruɲa /

noun

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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La Coruña

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

Then, there was Lucas Pérez; stripped of his shirt number and pressed towards the exit only to be loaned, rather than sold, to Deportivo La Coruña.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 6, 2017

Recently split from a boyfriend, she envisioned falling in love with an attractive Spanish man and settling down in La Coruña, the port city where Zara is based.

From New York Times ● Aug. 26, 2017

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

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