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

Deportivo La Coruna, against AC Milan in 2004, and Roma, in 2018 against Barcelona, are the only other teams to have come back from three goals down after a first leg in the Champions League era.

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It's the "deep, emotional connection" between Deportivo La Coruna and a passionate fanbase that stuck with the club through the highs, when they won La Liga and the Copa del Rey, and the lows, when Spanish football obscurity beckoned.

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Monaco produced a scintillating attacking display at Stade Louis II to put eight goals past Deportivo La Coruna.

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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.

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Deportivo La Coruna, currently plying their trade in the third tier of Spanish football, are no longer associated with the Champions League - but they carried out an unforgettable fightback against heavyweight opposition in 2004.

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