Cornwall

Cornwall

English

Etymology

From Middle English cornwale, cornwaile, from Old English Cornwēalas (“Cornwall, inhabitants of Cornwall”), from Proto-Celtic *karnos (“horn”) (compare horn) + Old English wealh (“stranger, foreigner”). Compare Wales/Welsh, Walloon, Gaul.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔː(ɹ)n.wəl/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔɹn.wɔl/, IPA^(key): /ˈkɔrn.wɑl/ (with caught-cot merger)
• Hyphenation: Corn‧wall
• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)nwəl, -ɔː(ɹ)nwɔːl, -ɔː(ɹ)nwɑl

Proper noun

Cornwall

1. A maritime county of England; forming its south-western extremity, bordered by Devon in the east.
2. The country of the Cornish, currently having the status of a royal duchy in England belonging to the male heir apparent to the reigning monarch, and consisting at least of the Cornwall County and the Isles of Scilly.
3. The westernmost of the three historical counties of Jamaica, bordered by the county of Middlesex in the east; named for the English county.
4. A city in Ontario.
5. A town in Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
6. A town in Connecticut.
7. A town in Orange County, New York.
8. A borough in Pennsylvania.
9. A town in Vermont.
10. A surname.

Derived terms

• Cornell
• Cornwallian
• cornwallite
• Devonwall

Related terms

• Cornish

Translations

county of England

Asturian: Cornualles Breton: Kernev-Veur (br) Catalan: Cornualla f Chinese: Mandarin: 康沃爾(郡)／康沃尔(郡) (Kāngwòěr [Jùn]) Cornish: Kernow Dutch: Cornwall (nl) n Esperanto: Kornvalo Finnish: Cornwall (fi) French: Cornouailles (fr) f sg or f pl Old French: Cornuaille f, Cornewaille f (ca. 1140, Geoffroy Gaimar) Galician: Cornualles (gl) German: Cornwall (de) n Ido: Kornwal (io) Irish: Corn na Breataine m Italian: Cornovaglia (it) f Lao: ກອນວອລ (kǭn wǭn) Latin: Cornubia f Norman: Cornouaille f Northern Thai: ᨠᩬᨶᩅᩬᩃ Occitan: Cornoalha f Old English: Cornwēalas m pl Polish: Kornwalia (pl) f Portuguese: Cornualha (pt) f Russian: Корнуолл (ru) (Kornuoll) Scottish Gaelic: A' Chòrn f Spanish: Cornualles f Thai: คอร์นวอลล์ (kɔɔn-wɔɔl) Ukrainian: Корнуол m (Kornuol) Welsh: Cernyw (cy) f

historical county of Jamaica

Jamaican Creole: Kaanwal

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English Cornwall.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔrn.ʋɑl/
• Hyphenation: Corn‧wall

Proper noun

Cornwall n

1. Cornwall (a duchy and county of England, United Kingdom).

   Synonym: Cornwallis

Related terms

• Cornisch