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Where does “Corunna” come from?

Corunna comes from Spanish La Coruña, which derives from French Cluny, though the ultimate sense development remains unclear.

Ancestry of “Corunna”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishLa Coruña—
2FrenchCluny—
3Irishcluain—
4Old Irishclúain—
5Proto-Italicklounisbuttock
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱlównisbuttocks, hip
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