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Corunna is the English name of province and town in Spain, nowadays more frequently known by its Galician name A Coruña or its Spanish name La Coruña. The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...

See also: A Coruña province Corunna (in Galician A Coruña, in Spanish La Coruña) is a province of extreme northwestern Spain, in the northwestern part of the autonomous community of Galicia. ... Tower of Hercules View from the Tower of Hercules A Coruña (in Galician A Coruña, in Spanish A Coruña, in English historical references often Corunna) is a Galician city, in north-western Spain at 43° 22′ 0″ N, 8° 22′ 60″ W. It is the capital of...

Corunna is also the name of a town in Ontario commemorating the battle: The Battle of La Coruña took place on January 16, 1809, between 14,000 British under Sir John Moore, and 16,000 French under Marshal Soult, who was endeavouring to prevent the British from evacuating by sea from the port. ... The Napoleonic Wars were a series of wars fought during Napoleon Bonapartes rule over France. ...


Two towns in the United States are presumably named after the original Corunna rather than celebrating the British victory: Corunna is a town in southwestern Ontario, Canada, located on the St. ...


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HMS Corunna (D97) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (270 words)
She was named in honour of the Battle of Corunna, which took place during the Peninsular War in 1809 between British and French forces.
Corunna was built by Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson Limited on the Tyne.
Corunna, with the rest of the Squadron, returned to the region in 1956.
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