Cornwall

From Middle English Cornwaile, Cornwayle, a modification of Cornwale (after Old French Cornuaille), from Old English Cornwēalas (“Cornwall, inhabitants of Cornwall”), from Proto-Celtic *kornu (“horn”) + Old English wealh (“stranger, foreigner”). Compare Wales/Welsh, Walloon, Gaul.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔːn.wɔːl/, /ˈkɔːn.wəl/

• Audio (Southern England):

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

Cornwall

2. A peninsula, cultural area, maritime ceremonial county, and duchy in England; forming its south-western extremity, bordered by Devon in the east.
3. 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.
4. The westernmost of the three historical counties of Jamaica, bordered by the county of Middlesex in the east; named for the English county.
5. A city, the seat of the United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada.
6. A town in Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
7. A place in the United States:
   1. A town and census-designated place therein, in Litchfield County, Connecticut.
   2. A township in Henry County, Illinois.
   3. An unincorporated community in Madison County, Missouri.
   4. A town in Orange County, New York.
   5. A borough in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania.
   6. A town in Addison County, Vermont.
8. A rural locality in the Maranoa Region, Queensland, Australia.
9. A rural locality in Break O'Day council area, Tasmania, Australia.
10. A surname.

• Cornell
• Cornwallian
• cornwallite
• Devonwall

• Cornish

Unadapted borrowing from English Cornwall.

• IPA^(key): [ˈkorn̩vol]
• IPA^(key): [ˈkorn̩voːl] (rare)
• Hyphenation: Corn‧wall

Cornwall m inan (relational adjective cornwallský)

1. Cornwall (a peninsula, cultural area, maritime ceremonial county, and duchy in England; forming its south-western extremity, bordered by Devon in the east)

• “Cornwall”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Borrowed from English Cornwall.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔrn.ʋɑl/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Corn‧wall

Cornwall n

1. Cornwall (a peninsula, cultural area, maritime ceremonial county, and duchy in England; forming its south-western extremity, bordered by Devon in the east)

   Synonym: Cornwallis

• Cornisch