Coventry

Inherited from Middle English Coventre, from Old English Cofentrēo, Cofantrēo, of obscure origin. Believed to be derived from an Anglo-Saxon named Cofa, hence Cofantrēo (literally “Cofa's tree”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒvəntɹi/, [ˈkʰɒvəntʃɹi] or IPA^(key): /ˈkʌvəntɹi/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑvəntɹi/, [ˈkʰɑvəntʃɹi]

Coventry

1. A cathedral city and metropolitan borough of the West Midlands, in central England, historically in Warwickshire.
   • 2013 August 20, Louise Taylor, “English talent gets left behind as Premier League keeps importing”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     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.

2. A place in the United States:
   1. A town in Tolland County, Connecticut.
   2. A town in Chenango County, New York.
   3. A township in Summit County, Ohio.
   4. A town in Kent County, Rhode Island.
   5. A town and census-designated place therein, in Orleans County, Vermont.
3. A surname.
   • 2025 March 20, Kate Bartlett, “Zimbabwean millennial Kirsty Coventry gets Olympic top job”, in NPR‎^[2]:

     Zimbabwean Olympic swimmer Kirsty Coventry has had an eventful career, from the pool, to parliament.

• Cov (informal)

Unadapted borrowing from English Coventry.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.vɛn.tri/
• Rhymes: -ɔvɛntri
• Syllabification: Co‧ven‧try

Coventry n (indeclinable)

1. Coventry (an industrial cathedral city and metropolitan borough in central England, United Kingdom)

• Coventry in Polish dictionaries at PWN