Coventry

//ˈkɑvəntɹi// name

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Noun
  1. 1
    the state of being banished or ostracized (excluded from society by general consent) wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A cathedral city and metropolitan borough of the West Midlands, in 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."

  2. 2
    A place in the United States:; A town in Tolland County, Connecticut.
  3. 3
    A place in the United States:; A town in Chenango County, New York.
  4. 4
    A place in the United States:; A township in Summit County, Ohio.
  5. 5
    A place in the United States:; A town in Kent County, Rhode Island.
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  1. 6
    A place in the United States:; A town and census-designated place therein, in Orleans County, Vermont.
  2. 7
    A surname.

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

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banishmentbanishmentcovcovostracism

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"Coventry is a concrete jungle full of chavs!"

Etymology

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”).

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