Cornwall
English
Etymology
From Old English Cornwealas (“inhabitants of Cornwall”), from Celtic *karnos (“horn”) (compare horn) + Old English wealh (“stranger, foreigner”). Compare Wales/Welsh, Walloon, Gaul.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkɔːnwɔːl/, /ˈkɔːnwəl/
Proper noun
Cornwall
- A maritime county of England, forming its south-western extremity, bordered by Devon in the east.
- the country of the Cornish, currently having the status of a royal duchy in England, consisting at least of the Cornwall County and the Isles of Scilly
- A town in Connecticut
- A town in New York
- A city in Ontario
- A borough in Pennsylvania
- A town in Prince Edward Island
- A town in Vermont
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Translations
county of England
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