A Coruña

English Etymology From en gl A Coruña, of uncertain origin. Pronunciation en /ˌɑ kəˈɹunjə/ US en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-A Coruña.wav Southern England en uːnjə Proper noun 1 en capital city p:pref/A Coruña acomm/Galicia c/Spain. en La Coruña Spanish form Corunna dated The Groyne archaic en province acomm/Galicia c/Spain. Translations city in Galicia Arabic: ar لَا كُورُونِيَا f Armenian: hy Լա Կորունյա Basque: eu Coruña Catalan: ca la Corunya f Chinese: Cantonese: yue 拉科魯尼亞 laai1 fo1 lou5 nei4 aa3 Mandarin: cmn 拉科魯尼亞 Lākēlǔníyà, Lākēlǔníyǎ Esperanto: eo Korunjo Estonian: et La Coruña, et A Coruña Finnish: fi A Coruña French: fr La Corogne f Galician: gl A Coruña f Georgian: ka ლა-კორუნია German: de La Coruña n Greek: el Λα Κορούνια f Hebrew: he לָה קוֹרוּנְיָה f La Korúnya Italian: it La Coruña f Japanese: ja ラ・コルーニャ Ra Korūnya, ja ア・コルーニャ A Korūnya Korean: ko ^라^코루냐, ko ^아^코루냐 Latvian: lv Akoruņa f, lv Akorunja f, lv Lakoruņa f, lv Lakorunja f Marathi: mr आ कोरुन्या Occitan: oc La Coronha f Portuguese: pt A Corunha f, pt Corunha f Russian: ru Ла-Кору́нья f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Коруња f Latin: sh Korunja f Spanish: es La Coruña f Thai: th อาโกรุญญา Ukrainian: uk Ла-Кору́нья f Galician gl: Alternative forms gl Cruña dated gl A Corunha reintegrationist Etymology gl. The first mention of the specific form seen today for the name of the town was in 1208 by Afonso IX in the form of Crunia; beforehand, it was called Faro. The debate is whether there are older mentions of a similar-sounding name for this town and in the region or if it is a medieval invention. Navaza is certain that the name is of medieval origin. The Historia Turpini, from the 12th century, mentions the name Crunia to refer to the town of Cauria (modern day es Coria) in Extremadura. Navaza believes that a misspelling occurred and subsequently, due to every other town in the book being in Galicia, Afonso IX assumed the same applied to Crunia and renamed Faro to match the book. However, there are many scholars that believe that the name Coruña is much older than the 12th century, introducing an ancient origin for the name. Several scholars find the names la Caronium and la Caronico in ancient sources such as Ptolemy and the Itinerarium Antonini and theorize if they could be linked with the modern name, others mention la Callaicorum Lucensium Oppidorum or Spanish es Coruña del Conde being related too; From gl xce *clunia meadow, cognate with la Clunia and fr Cluny, from gl cel-pro *klounis; From gl cel-pro *Kurund-yāko, shared with la Curundus, la Curundea, la Curunda and in Hungary la Curunniace; Blanca María Prósper Pérez Lenguas y religiones prerromanas del occidente de la Península Ibérica es 372 2002 9788478008186 Caridad Arias sees a theologically-derived origin for the word, connecting it to grc Κρόνος and grc Ἀχέρων, in which he suggests a development of gl la Acorunia, la Aquerunia > gl roa-opt Acruña. Joaquín Caridad Arias Toponimia y mito: El origen de los nombres es 279 1995 9788428108584 From the pre-Indo-European gl qfa-sub - root und *kar rock, stone, shared across the wider European region. es Sobre el controvertido origen de A Coruña https://www.elcorreogallego.es/galicia/2018/07/15/controvertido-origen-coruna-110038008.html elCorreoGallego 2018-07-15 José Agra Bernadal There are other origins proposed for the name irrespective of the date of the first mention for the name: From gl la columna column, referring to the Tower of Hercules, most likely a folk etymology; From gl la colōnia colony, settlement, paralleling similar developments such as de Köln; From gl la corōna crown, most likely a folk etymology; The article gl a A at the beginning of the name appeared later in the 14th and 15th century, following similar naming conventions in the region. More at La Coruña. Pronunciation gl /a koˈɾu.ɲa̝/ /a ˈkɾu.ɲa̝/ gl Gl-A Coruña.ogg Proper noun f A Coruña gl province acomm/Galicia c/Spain en:A Coruña A Coruña gl capital city p:pref/A Coruña acomm/Galicia c/Spain A Coruña Usage notes The definite article gl a in A Coruña and other Galician proper nouns behaves and follows the same rules as if it was placed before a common noun, and so it contracts with several prepositions, as for example: gl de + gl a A = gl da: e.g. gl veño da Coruña I've arrived from A Coruña gl en + gl a A = gl na: e.g. gl vivo na Coruña I live in A Coruña gl por + gl a A = gl pola: e.g. gl vai pola Coruña stop by A Coruña Coordinate terms gl herculino Derived terms gl coruñés References