Coventry

Cov·en·try ¹  (kvn-tr)

1. A city of central England east-southeast of Birmingham. Famous as the home of Lady Godiva in the 11th century, Coventry was severely damaged in air raids during World War II (November 1940). Population: 303,000.

2. A town of west-central Rhode Island southwest of Providence. It was settled in 1643 and was formerly a noted lacemaking center. Population: 34,700.

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Cov·en·try ²  (kvn-tr)

n.

A state of ostracism or exile: "It's not that smoke-filled rooms are back; smokers huddle in Coventry these days" (Flora Lewis).

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[After Coventry¹, England (possibly from the sending of Royalist prisoners there during the English Civil War).]

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Coventry

Noun

send someone to Coventry to punish someone by refusing to speak to him or her [after Coventry, England]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Coventry - the state of being banished or ostracized (excluded from society by general consent); "the association should get rid of its elderly members--not by euthanasia, of course, but by Coventry" banishment, ostracism exclusion - the state of being excluded
	2.	Coventry - an industrial city in central England; devastated by air raids during World War II; remembered as the home of Lady Godiva in the 11th century England - a division of the United Kingdom

Translations

Coventry [ˈkɔvəntrɪ] n to send sb to Coventry (fig) → hacer el vacío a algn

Coventry [ˈkɔvəntrɪ] n to send sb to Coventry (fig) → mettre qn en quarantaine

Coventry [ˈkɔvəntrɪ] n to send sb to Coventry (fig) → jdn schneiden (inf)

Coventry [ˈkɔvəntrɪ] n to send sb to Coventry (fig) → dare l'ostracismo a qn