Coventry

English <dab!> Etymology en enm Coventre, from en ang Cofentrēo, ang Cofantrēo, of en obscure origin. Believed to be derived from an Anglo-Saxon named ang Cofa, hence ang Cofantrēo Cofa's tree. Traditionally, yet baselessly outside its history, tempted to be linked to en covenant. Pronunciation en /ˈkɒvəntɹi/ [ˈkʰɒvəntʃɹi] UK or en /ˈkʌvəntɹi/ en En-uk-Coventry.ogg UK en /ˈkɑvəntɹi/ [ˈkʰɑvəntʃɹi] US Proper noun en cathedral city/and/metropolitan borough in the co/West Midlands central cc/England historically in Warwickshire. Borough map (West Midlands) en 2013-08-20 Louise Taylor English talent gets left behind as Premier League keeps importing w:The Guardian http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2013/aug/19/english-talent-premier-league-importing 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20261015081507/https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2013/aug/19/english-talent-premier-league-importing 15 October 2026 en place c/USA: en town co/Tolland County s/Connecticut. TopoZone: Coventry, Connecticut en town co/Chenango County s/New York. en twp co/Summit County s/Ohio. en town co/Kent County s/Rhode Island. TopoZone: Coventry, Rhode Island en town/and/CDP therein, in co/Orleans County s/Vermont. en. en 2025-03-20 Kate Bartlett Zimbabwean millennial Kirsty Coventry gets Olympic top job w:NPR https://www.npr.org/2025/03/20/nx-s1-5335529/zimbabwean-millennial-kirsty-coventry-gets-olympic-top-job Zimbabwean Olympic swimmer Kirsty Coventry has had an eventful career, from the pool, to parliament. https://web.archive.org/web/20260908203042/https://www.npr.org/2025/03/20/nx-s1-5335529/zimbabwean-millennial-kirsty-coventry-gets-olympic-top-job 8 September 2026 Synonyms en Cov (informal) Derived terms en East Coventry South Coventry coventrate Coventrian coventrize North Coventry send to Coventry sent to Coventry Translations an industrial city in central England Arabic: ar كوفنتري kūfintrī Armenian: hy Կովենտրի Bulgarian: bg Ко́вънтри Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 考文垂 Kǎowénchuí Georgian: ka კოვენტრი m Greek: el Κόβεντρι Japanese: ja コヴェントリー Koventorī Korean: ko 코번트리 Latvian: lv Koventri f Lithuanian: lt Koventris m Macedonian: mk Ковентри Marathi: mr कॉव्हंट्री Polish: pl Coventry n indeclinable Russian: ru Ко́вентри m Scots: sco Coventry Ukrainian: uk Ко́вентрі m References Polish pl: Etymology pl :ubor en:Coventry + 1 Pronunciation 'Kowentri Co.ven.try Proper noun n yes pl an industrial <<cathedral city>> and <<metropolitan borough>> in central <<cc/England>>, <<c/United Kingdom>> Coventry Further reading