Coventry

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proper noun

A cathedral city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, central England, historically in Warwickshire.

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Covbanishmentostracism
OriginMiddle English Coventre ← Old English Cofentrēo →
CommonScrabble 16
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A cathedral city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, central England, historically in Warwickshire.

    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.

    2013 August 20, Louise Taylor, “English talent gets left behind as Premier League keeps importing”, in The Guardian
  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.

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

    2025 March 20, Kate Bartlett, “Zimbabwean millennial Kirsty Coventry gets Olympic top job”, in NPR

Synonyms & antonyms

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Cov

nounthe state of being banished or ostracized (excluded from society by general consent)

Similar
banishmentostracism
Broader
exclusion
Also see
banishmentostracism

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Old EnglishCofentrēo
  2. Middle EnglishCoventre
  3. EnglishCoventry

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”). Traditionally, yet baselessly outside its history, tempted to be linked to English covenant.

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Translations

Arabic كوفنتري
  • كوفنتري (kūfintrī)an industrial city in central England
Bulgarian Ко́вънтри
  • Ко́вънтри (Kóvăntri)an industrial city in central England
Chinese Mandarin 考文垂
  • 考文垂 (Kǎowénchuí)an industrial city in central England
Greek Κόβεντρι
  • Κόβεντρι (Kóventri)an industrial city in central England
Japanese コヴェントリー
  • コヴェントリー (Koventorī)an industrial city in central England
Korean 코번트리
  • 코번트리 (kobeonteuri)an industrial city in central England
Latvian Koventri
  • Koventrian industrial city in central England
Lithuanian Koventris
  • Koventrisan industrial city in central England
Polish Coventry
  • Coventryan industrial city in central England
Russian Ко́вентри
  • Ко́вентри (Kóventri)an industrial city in central England
Ukrainian Ко́вентрі
  • Ко́вентрі (Kóventri)an industrial city in central England
Cite this entry
APA

Coventry. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Coventry

MLA

“Coventry.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Coventry. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Coventry,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Coventry.

Source: Coventry on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.