Cornish
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See also: cornish
English
Etymology
From Corn(wall) + -ish, from Cornish Kernewek, Kernowek.
Pronunciation
Adjective
Cornish (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to Cornwall, a county of southwest England.
- Native to Cornwall.
- Of or pertaining to the Cornish language.
Derived terms
Translations
of Cornwall
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of the Cornish language
native to Cornwall
Noun
Cornish pl (plural only)
- (collectively) The inhabitants of Cornwall, especially native-born.
Synonyms
- See Cornishman
Proper noun
Cornish
- The Celtic language of Cornwall, related to Welsh and Breton.
- There is a movement to revive Cornish.
- The name of a town:
- A town in Maine.
- A town in New Hampshire.
- A town in Oklahoma.
- A town in Utah, at the border with Idaho.
- A habitational surname from Old English referring to someone from Cornwall.
Translations
A Celtic language
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See also
Further reading
- ISO 639-1 code kw, ISO 639-3 code cor (SIL)
- Ethnologue entry for Cornish, cor
- “Cornish”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- WIKITONGUES: Elizabeth speaking Cornish
