Cornwall

[ kawrn-wawlor, especially British, -wuhl ]

noun

1. a county in SW England. 1,369 sq. mi. (3,545 sq. km).
2. a city in SE Ontario, in S Canada, SW of Ottawa, on the St. Lawrence.

Cornwall

/ ˈkɔːnˌwɔːl; -wəl /

noun

1. a former administrative county of SW England; became a unitary authority in 2009: hilly, with a deeply indented coastline. Administrative centre: Truro. Pop: 513 500 (2003 est). Area: 3564 sq km (1376 sq miles)

Example Sentences

In 1864, a hot spring containing nearly 10 times as much lithium as any previously discovered spring was found in an English mining town in Cornwall.

From Ozy

To date, his favorite job was as a shepherd in Cornwall, England.

From Nautilus

Its roughly 2,800 miles will connect multiple existing trail networks along the country’s jagged seaside cliffs, from swimmable beaches near Cornwall in the southwest to Victorian towns on the eastern Yorkshire coast.

From Outside Online

McDonald is an ecologist at the University of Exeter in Cornwall, England.

From Science News For Students

Each of them had been collected since 2010 by beach-cleanup crews in Cornwall, England.

From Science News For Students

It reads: “The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall are deeply saddened to hear of the death of Joan Rivers.”

From The Daily Beast

Nina rushed home to Cornwall, speedily typed them up and emailed them off to Mary-Kay.

From The Daily Beast

They will travel to Charlottetown, Bonshaw and Cornwall in Prince Edward Island and Winnipeg in Manitoba during the tour.

From The Daily Beast

Mark Roland Shand was born on June 28, 1951 and was the younger brother of Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall.

From The Daily Beast

He will also lose the massive income from the lands held by the Duchy of Cornwall, which currently provide some of their funding.

From The Daily Beast

Such a furnace worked there for many years, until copper smelting was removed from Cornwall to Wales.

From Project Gutenberg

The use of the high-pressure steam agricultural engine was not confined to Cornwall.

From Project Gutenberg

A high-pressure pumping engine was at work at Greenwich, and some were at work in Cornwall.

From Project Gutenberg

Arthur Woolf shortly after that time erected his double-cylinder engines in Cornwall.

From Project Gutenberg

All that I can now say is, to desire that Trevithick will make up his mind to return to Cornwall immediately.

From Project Gutenberg