Corfu

See also: Corfú and Corfù

English

Etymology

From Italian Corfù, from Ancient Greek Κορυφώ (Koruphṓ), from κορυφή (koruphḗ) ("summit", "mountain peak"). Named after the twin peaks of the Old Fortress of Corfu.

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔɹ.fju/

Proper noun

Corfu

One of the Ionian Islands, Greece. The ancient name is Corcyra, in Modern Greek Kérkira (Κέρκυρα).
The capital of Corfu.

Translations

island

Albanian: Korfuzi
Arabic: كُورْفُو‎ (kūrfū)
Armenian: Կերկիրա (Kerkira)
Basque: Korfu
Belarusian: Керкіра (Kjerkira), Корфу (Kórfu)
Bulgarian: Корфу (Korfu)
Catalan: Corfú
Chinese:
Mandarin: 克基拉島 (zh) (Kè jī lā daǒ)
Czech: Korfu (cs)
Danish: Korfu
Dutch: Korfoe, Corfu
Esperanto: Korfuo
Estonian: Korfu, Kérkyra
Finnish: Korfu (fi)
French: Corfou (fr)
Galician: Corfú m
Georgian: კერკირა (ḳerḳira)
German: Korfu (de) f
Greek: Κέρκυρα (el) f (Kérkyra)
Hebrew: קורפו‎ (qurfu)
Hungarian: Korfu
Irish: Corfú
Italian: Corfù m

Japanese: ケルキラ島 (Kerukira-tō)
Korean: 케르키라 섬 (kereukira seom)
Latin: Corcyra
Latvian: Kerkīra, Korfu
Lithuanian: Kerkyra
Macedonian: Крф (Krf)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Korfu

Nynorsk: Kérkyra
Persian: کورفو‎
Polish: Korfu (pl)
Portuguese: Corfu f
Romanian: Corfu
Russian: Ко́рфу m (Kórfu), Керкира (Kerkira)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Крф m

Roman: Krf (sh) m
Slovak: Korfu
Slovene: Krf (sl)
Spanish: Corfú m
Swedish: Korfu
Turkish: Korfu
Ukrainian: Керкіра (Kerkira)
Vietnamese: Kérkyra

city

Finnish: Korfu (fi), Kerkyra
French: Corfou (fr)
Greek: Κέρκυρα (el) f (Kérkyra)
Italian: Corfù m
Portuguese: Corfu f

Russian: Ко́рфу m (Kórfu)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Крф m

Roman: Krf (sh) m
Spanish: Corfú m

Further reading

Corfu on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Portuguese

Proper noun

Corfu f

Corfu (an island and regional unit of the Ionian Islands, Greece)
Corfu (a city in Corfu, Greece)

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