Corfu

See also: Corfú and Corfù

English

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔɹ.fju/

Proper noun

Corfu

1. One of the Ionian Islands, Greece. The ancient name is Corcyra, in Modern Greek Kérkira (Κέρκυρα).
2. The capital of Corfu.

Translations

island

• Albanian: Korfuzi
• Arabic: كُورْفُو (kūrfū)
• Armenian: Կերկիրա (hy) (Kerkira)
• Basque: Korfu
• Belarusian: Керкіра (Kjerkira), Корфу (Kórfu)
• Bulgarian: Корфу (Korfu)
• Catalan: Corfú
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 克基拉島／克基拉岛 (zh) (Kè jī lā daǒ)

• Czech: Korfu (cs)
• Danish: Korfu
• Dutch: Korfoe, Corfu
• Esperanto: Korfuo
• Estonian: Korfu, Kérkyra
• Finnish: Korfu (fi)
• French: Corfou (fr)
• Galician: Corfú m
• Georgian: კერკირა (ḳerḳira)
• German: Korfu (de) f
• Greek: Κέρκυρα (el) f (Kérkyra)
• Hebrew: קורפו (qurfu)
• Hungarian: Korfu
• Irish: Corfú
• Italian: Corfù m
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• 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

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

  Cyrillic: Крф m

  Roman: Krf (sh) m

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

city

• Finnish: Korfu (fi), Kerkyra
• French: Corfou (fr)
• Greek: Κέρκυρα (el) f (Kérkyra)
• Italian: Corfù m
• Portuguese: Corfu f
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• Russian: Ко́рфу m (Kórfu)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Крф m

  Roman: Krf (sh) m

• Spanish: Corfú m

Further reading

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Corfu f

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