Corfu

See also: corfu, Corfú, and Corfù

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Corfù, from Ancient Greek Κορυφώ (Koruphṓ), from κορυφή (koruphḗ) ("summit", "mountain peak"). Named after the twin peaks of the Old Fortress of Corfu.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔɹ.fjuː/, /ˈkɔɹ.fuː/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Proper noun

Corfu

1. An island of Greece, one of the Ionian Islands. The ancient name is Corcyra (Κόρκῡρα (Kórkūra), more often Κέρκῡρα (Kérkūra)), in Modern Greek Kérkira (Κέρκυρα (Kérkyra)).
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     Magazines kept aristocrats on the payroll to facilitate access to jet-set playgrounds like Corfu and Mustique.

2. The capital of Corfu.

Translations

island

• Albanian: Korfuz (indefinite), Korfuzi (definite)
• Arabic: كُورْفُو (kūrfū)
• Armenian: Կերկիրա (hy) (Kerkira)
• Aromanian: Cãrfus m (indefinite), Cãrfusu m (definite)
• Basque: Korfu
• Belarusian: Керкіра (Kjerkira), Корфу (Kórfu)
• Bulgarian: Корфу (Korfu)
• Catalan: Corfú (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 克基拉島 / 克基拉岛 (zh) (Kèjīlā dǎo)

• Czech: Korfu (cs)
• Danish: Korfu
• Dutch: Korfoe, Corfu
• Esperanto: Korfuo
• Estonian: Korfu, Kérkyra
• Finnish: Korfu (fi)
• French: Corfou (fr) m
• Galician: Corfú m
• Georgian: კერკირა (ḳerḳira), კორფუ (ḳorpu), კორკირა (ḳorḳira)
• German: Korfu (de) f
• Greek: Κέρκυρα (el) f (Kérkyra)
• Hebrew: קורפו (qurfu)
• Hindi: कोर्फ़ू (korfū)
• Hungarian: Korfu
• Irish: Corfú
• Italian: Corfù m
• Japanese: ケルキラ島 (Kerukira-tō)
• Korean: 케르키라 섬 (kereukira seom)
• Latin: Corcyra
• Latvian: Kerkīra, Korfu
• Lithuanian: Kerkyra
• Macedonian: Крф (Krf)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Korfu

  Nynorsk: Kérkyra

• Occitan: Corfú m
• Persian: کورفو
• Polish: Korfu (pl)
• Portuguese: Corfu f
• Romanian: Corfu
• Russian: Ко́рфу m (Kórfu), Керкира (Kerkira)
• Serbo-Croatian: Krf (sh)

  Cyrillic: Крф m

  Latin: Krf (sh) m

• Slovak: Korfu
• Slovene: Krf (sl)
• Spanish: Corfú m
• Swedish: Korfu
• Turkish: Korfu (tr)
• Ukrainian: Керкіра (Kerkira)
• Vietnamese: Kérkyra

city

• Arabic: كُورْفُو (kūrfū)
• Catalan: Corfú (ca) m
• Finnish: Korfu (fi), Kerkyra
• French: Corfou (fr) m
• Greek: Κέρκυρα (el) f (Kérkyra)
• Hindi: कोर्फ़ू (korfū)
• Italian: Corfù m
• Portuguese: Corfu f
• Russian: Ко́рфу m (Kórfu)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Крф m

  Latin: Krf (sh) m

• Spanish: Corfú m

Further reading

• Corfu on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Portuguese

Proper noun

Corfu ?

1. Corfu (an island and regional unit of the Ionian Islands, Greece)
2. Corfu (a city in Corfu regional unit, Greece)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Greek Κόρφου (Kórfou).

Proper noun

Corfu m (genitive/dative lui Corfu)

1. a surname from Greek

References

• Iordan, Iorgu (1983), Dicționar al numelor de familie românești [A Dictionary of Romanian Family Names]‎^[2], Bucharest: Editura Științifică și Enciclopedică