Coventry is a city in England (population 304,746). With this meaning, several Royal Navy ships have been named (see HMS Coventry).

There are several U.S. towns named Coventry:

• Coventry, Connecticut (population 11,504)
• Coventry, New York (population 1,589)
• Coventry, Rhode Island (population 33,668)
• Coventry, Vermont (population 1,014)

To be "sent to Coventry" is to be ostracised, shunned, or otherwise systematically ignored. The phrase dates from the English Civil War, when a military prison was located in the city.