Cornwall
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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/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (US) IPA(key): /ˈkɔɹn.wɔl/, IPA(key): /ˈkɔɹn.wɑl/ (with caught-cot merger)
- Hyphenation: Corn‧wall
- Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)nwəl, -ɔː(ɹ)nwɔːl, -ɔː(ɹ)nwɑl
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 belonging to the male heir apparent to the reigning monarch, and consisting at least of the Cornwall County and the Isles of Scilly.
- The westernmost of the three historical counties of Jamaica, bordered by the county of Middlesex in the east; named for the English county.
- A city in Ontario.
- A town in Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
- A town in Connecticut.
- A town in Orange County, New York.
- A borough in Pennsylvania.
- A town in Vermont.
- A surname.
Derived terms
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Translations
county of England
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historical county of Jamaica
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Czech
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English Cornwall.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Cornwall m inan (related adjective cornwallský)
- Cornwall (a duchy and county of England, United Kingdom)
Declension
Declension of Cornwall (sg-only hard masculine inanimate)
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Cornwall |
| genitive | Cornwallu |
| dative | Cornwallu |
| accusative | Cornwall |
| vocative | Cornwalle |
| locative | Cornwallu |
| instrumental | Cornwallem |
Related terms
Further reading
- Cornwall in Internetová jazyková příručka
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English Cornwall.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Cornwall n
- Cornwall (a duchy and county of England, United Kingdom).
- Synonym: Cornwallis