Corfu

corfu Corfú Corfù English Etymology en it Corfù, from en grc Κορυφώ, from grc κορυφή ("summit", "mountain peak"). Named after the twin peaks of the Old Fortress of Corfu. Pronunciation en /ˈkɔɹ.fjuː/ /ˈkɔɹ.fuː/ GenAm en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Corfu.wav Southern England Proper noun en Q121378en island c/Greece, one of the Ionian Islands. The ancient name is Corcyra (grc Κόρκῡρα, more often grc Κέρκῡρα), in Modern Greek Kérkira (el Κέρκυρα). en-US Michael M. Grynbaum The Concorde-and-Caviar Era of Condé Nast, When Magazines Ruled the Earth w:The New York Times 2025-06-27 https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/business/media/conde-nast-magazines-vogue-vanity-fair.html 0362-4331 Magazines kept aristocrats on the payroll to facilitate access to jet-set playgrounds like Corfu and Mustique. https://web.archive.org/web/20251106162204/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/business/media/conde-nast-magazines-vogue-vanity-fair.html 6 November 2025 en Q205832en city/capital r/Corfu c/Greece. en village town:pref/Pembroke co/Genesee County s/New York c/USA. TopoZone: Corfu, New York en ghost town co/Grant County s/Washington c/USA. Derived terms en Corfiot Translations island Albanian: sq Korfuz indefinite, sq Korfuzi definite Arabic: ar كُورْفُو Armenian: hy Կերկիրա Aromanian: rup Cãrfus m indefinite, rup Cãrfusu m definite Basque: eu Korfu Belarusian: be Керкіра, be Корфу Bulgarian: bg Корфу Catalan: ca Corfú m Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 克基拉島 Kèjīlā dǎo Czech: cs Korfu Danish: da Korfu Dutch: nl Korfoe, nl Corfu Esperanto: eo Korfuo Estonian: et Korfu, et Kérkyra Finnish: fi Korfu French: fr Corfou m Galician: gl Corfú m Georgian: ka კერკირა, ka კორფუ, ka კორკირა German: de Korfu f Greek: el Κέρκυρα f Hebrew: he קורפו qurfu Hindi: hi कोर्फ़ू Hungarian: hu Korfu Irish: ga Corfú Italian: it Corfù m Japanese: ja ケルキラ島 Kerukira-tō Korean: ko 케르키라 섬 Latin: la Corcyra Latvian: lv Kerkīra, lv Korfu Lithuanian: lt Kerkyra Macedonian: mk Крф Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Korfu Nynorsk: nn Kérkyra Occitan: oc Corfú m Persian: fa کورفو Polish: pl Korfu Portuguese: pt Corfu f Romanian: ro Corfu Russian: ru Ко́рфу m, ru Керкира Serbo-Croatian: sh Krf Cyrillic: sh Крф m Latin: sh Krf m Slovak: sk Korfu Slovene: sl Krf Spanish: es Corfú m Swedish: sv Korfu Turkish: tr Korfu Ukrainian: uk Керкіра Vietnamese: vi Kérkyra city Arabic: ar كُورْفُو Catalan: ca Corfú m Finnish: fi Korfu, fi Kerkyra French: fr Corfou m Greek: el Κέρκυρα f Hindi: hi कोर्फ़ू Italian: it Corfù m Portuguese: pt Corfu f Russian: ru Ко́рфу m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Крф m Latin: sh Krf m Spanish: es Corfú m References Corfu (disambiguation) en exonyms Portuguese Proper noun pt island/and/regional unit of the r/Ionian Islands c/Greece Corfu pt city regional unit/Corfu c/Greece Corfu pt exonyms Romanian Etymology ro :bor el:Κόρφου + 1 Proper noun m ro Greek References