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Corfu

[ kawr-foo, -fyoo; Italian kawr-foo ]

noun

  1. Ancient Corcyra. one of the Ionian Islands, off the NW coast of Greece. 229 sq. mi. (593 sq. km).
  2. a seaport on this island.


Corfu

/ ɔːˈڳː /

noun

  1. an island in the Ionian Sea, in the Ionian Islands: forms, with neighbouring islands, a department of Greece. Pop: 107 879 (2001). Area: 641 sq km (247 sq miles)
  2. a port on E Corfu island. Pop (municipality): 41 532 (2001)
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Instead, Manos says he has taken a job in Corfu and won't be returning to Santorini this year.

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The TUI flight from Corfu had been landing on 20 October last year, when it began to veer left off the runway.

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Melanie Cree and her husband Alan, from Bangor in Northern Ireland, were due to fly home from Corfu Airport on the day of the outage.

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Fires, fanned by strong winds, raged on Rhodes, and also affected Corfu.

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On Tuesday, Church officials on the island of Corfu imposed a religious ban on two local lawmakers who voted for the reform.

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