La Co·ru·ña (lä k -r n y, k -rnyä) A city of northwest Spain on the Atlantic Ocean west of Oviedo. Perhaps predating Roman times, it was the point of departure for the Spanish Armada (1588). Population: 244,000. |
La Coruña (Spanish) [la koˈruɲa]
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(Placename) a port in NW Spain, on the Atlantic: point of departure for the Spanish Armada (1588); site of the defeat of the French by the British under Sir John Moore in the Peninsular War (1809). Pop.: 243 134 (1998 est.) English name Corunna
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