La Coruña

American

[lah kaw-roo-nyah] / ˌlɑ kɔˈru nyɑ /

noun

a seaport in NW Spain.

La Coruña British

/ la koˈruɲa /

noun

English name: Corunna. Galician name: A Coruña. 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: 243 902 (2003 est)

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We make a brief stop in La Coruña, Spain, where we are enchanted to hear the Spanish language.

From Literature

Deportivo La Coruna, against AC Milan in 2004, and Roma, in 2018 against Barcelona, are the only other teams to have come back from three goals down after a first leg in the Champions League era.

From BBC

It's the "deep, emotional connection" between Deportivo La Coruna and a passionate fanbase that stuck with the club through the highs, when they won La Liga and the Copa del Rey, and the lows, when Spanish football obscurity beckoned.

From BBC

Monaco produced a scintillating attacking display at Stade Louis II to put eight goals past Deportivo La Coruna.

From BBC

The Verity was travelling from the northern German city of Bremen to Immingham in the UK when it collided with the Polesie, which had departed from Hamburg on a journey to La Coruña in Spain.

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