Cornwall

English

Etymology

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. Doublet of Cornouaille.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔɹn.wɔl/, (cot–caught merger) /ˈkɔɹn.wɑl/

• Audio (US):

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• Hyphenation: Corn‧wall
• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)nwɔːl, -ɔː(ɹ)nwəl, -ɔː(ɹ)nwɑl

Proper noun

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.

Derived terms

• Cornell
• Cornwallian
• Cornwall Island
• cornwallite
• Devonwall

Related terms

• Cornish

Translations

county of England

• Asturian: Cornualles (ast)
• Breton: Kernev-Veur (br)
• Catalan: Cornualla f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 康沃爾(郡) / 康沃尔(郡) (zh) (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
• Greek: Κορνουάλη (el) f (Kornouáli)
• Ido: Kornwal (io)
• Irish: Corn na Breataine m
• Italian: Cornovaglia (it) f
• Korean: 콘월 (konwol)
• Lao: ກອນວອລ (kǭn wǭn)
• Latin: Cornubia f
• Middle English: Cornwayle
• Norman: Cornouaille f
• Northern Thai: ᨠᩬᨶᩅᩬᩃ
• Occitan: Cornoalha f
• Old English: Cornwēalas m pl
• Old Galician-Portuguese: Cornoalha
• 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
• Korean: 콘월 (konwol)

Czech

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Cornwall.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

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)

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

• kornský
• kornština f

Further reading

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

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English Cornwall.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔrn.ʋɑl/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Corn‧wall

Proper noun

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

Related terms

• Cornisch