Cornwall
English edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
- (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 edit
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 edit
Related terms edit
Translations edit
county of England
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historical county of Jamaica
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Czech edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English Cornwall.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Cornwall m inan (related adjective cornwallský)
- Cornwall (a duchy and county of England, United Kingdom)
Declension edit
Declension of Cornwall (sg-only hard masculine inanimate)
singular | |
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nominative | Cornwall |
genitive | Cornwallu |
dative | Cornwallu |
accusative | Cornwall |
vocative | Cornwalle |
locative | Cornwallu |
instrumental | Cornwallem |
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- Cornwall in Internetová jazyková příručka
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English Cornwall.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Cornwall n
- Cornwall (a duchy and county of England, United Kingdom).
- Synonym: Cornwallis