Coventry

English

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English Coventre, from Old English Cofentrēo, Cofantrēo, of obscure origin. Believed to be derived from an Anglo-Saxon named Cofa, hence Cofantrēo (literally “Cofa's tree”).

Traditionally, yet baselessly outside its history, tempted to be linked to English covenant.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒvəntɹi/, [ˈkʰɒvəntʃɹi] or IPA^(key): /ˈkʌvəntɹi/

• Audio (UK):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑvəntɹi/, [ˈkʰɑvəntʃɹi]

Proper noun

Coventry

1. A cathedral city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, central England, historically in Warwickshire.
   • 2013 August 20, Louise Taylor, “English talent gets left behind as Premier League keeps importing”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     Not since Coventry in 1992 has a Premier League side kicked off a campaign with an all-English XI but things have reached the point where, of the 61 signings who have cost the elite division's 20 clubs a transfer fee this summer, only 12 have involved Englishmen.

2. A place in the United States:
   1. A town in Tolland County, Connecticut.
   2. A town in Chenango County, New York.
   3. A township in Summit County, Ohio.
   4. A town in Kent County, Rhode Island.
   5. A town and census-designated place therein, in Orleans County, Vermont.
3. A surname.
   • 2025 March 20, Kate Bartlett, “Zimbabwean millennial Kirsty Coventry gets Olympic top job”, in NPR‎^[2]:

     Zimbabwean Olympic swimmer Kirsty Coventry has had an eventful career, from the pool, to parliament.

Synonyms

• Cov (informal)

Derived terms

• coventrate
• Coventrian
• coventrize
• East Coventry
• North Coventry
• send to Coventry
• sent to Coventry
• South Coventry

Translations

an industrial city in central England

• Arabic: كوفنتري (kūfintrī)
• Armenian: Կովենտրի (Koventri)
• Bulgarian: Ко́вънтри (Kóvăntri)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 考文垂 (zh) (Kǎowénchuí)

• Georgian: კოვენტრი m (ḳovenṭri)
• Greek: Κόβεντρι (Kóventri)
• Japanese: コヴェントリー (Koventorī)
• Korean: 코번트리 (kobeonteuri)
• Latvian: Koventri f
• Lithuanian: Koventris m
• Macedonian: Ковентри (Koventri)
• Marathi: कॉव्हंट्री (kŏvhaṇṭrī)
• Polish: Coventry (pl) n (indeclinable)
• Russian: Ко́вентри m (Kóventri)
• Scots: Coventry
• Ukrainian: Ко́вентрі m (Kóventri)

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Coventry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.vɛn.tri/
• Rhymes: -ɔvɛntri
• Syllabification: Co‧ven‧try

Proper noun

Coventry n (indeclinable)

1. Coventry (an industrial cathedral city and metropolitan borough in central England, United Kingdom)

Further reading

• “Coventry”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[3] (in Polish)