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Coventry

  1. short story by Robert Heinlein
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Pronunciation: /ˈkɒvəntɹi/ / [ˈkʰɒvəntʃɹi] / /ˈkʌvəntɹi/

name

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

  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.

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  7. A surname.

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