Coventry Syllabification: (Cov·en·try)Pronunciation: /ˈkəvəntrē, ˈkäv-/Definition of Coventry 1an industrial city in central England; population 271,100 (est. 2009). 2a city in central Rhode Island, a southwestern suburb of Providence; population 34,660 (est. 2008). Coventry in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of Coventry in the British & World English dictionary