Cornwall

[kawrn-wawl or, esp. British, -wuh l]

noun

a county in SW England. 1369 sq. mi. (3545 sq. km).

a city in SE Ontario, in S Canada, SW of Ottawa, on the St. Lawrence.

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Examples from the Web for cornwall

Contemporary Examples of cornwall

It reads: “The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall are deeply saddened to hear of the death of Joan Rivers.”
London Transport's Cheeky Tribute to Joan Rivers
Tom Sykes
September 5, 2014
Nina rushed home to Cornwall, speedily typed them up and emailed them off to Mary-Kay.
Nina Stibbe Is A Modern Mary Poppins With A Grin
Lucy Scholes
May 26, 2014
They will travel to Charlottetown, Bonshaw and Cornwall in Prince Edward Island and Winnipeg in Manitoba during the tour.
Camilla Carries On After Brother's Death
May 19, 2014
Mark Roland Shand was born on June 28, 1951 and was the younger brother of Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall.
Camilla’s Brother Dies in Freak New York Accident
Tom Sykes
April 23, 2014
He will also lose the massive income from the lands held by the Duchy of Cornwall, which currently provide some of their funding.
Charles Charities Face Funding Crisis
Tom Sykes
June 5, 2013

Historical Examples of cornwall

I grew up in his home in Cornwall; it was my home, just as he was my father in everything but fact.
The Black Bag
Louis Joseph Vance
His father was a hard-working labourer of the parish of St. Austell, in Cornwall.
Self-Help
Samuel Smiles
Had we stood on an hour longer, gentlemen, we should have been lost on the coast of Cornwall!
Homeward Bound
James Fenimore Cooper
And if there be a man or a woman in Cornwall that will touch it, they be as uncommon bad as I be!
A Singer from the Sea
Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
Cornwall, after telephoning his mother that he would not be home, went with him.
Chit-Chat; Nirvana; The Searchlight
Mathew Joseph Holt

British Dictionary definitions for cornwall

Cornwall

noun

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)

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Word Origin and History for cornwall

Cornwall

Old English Cornwalas (891), Cornubia (c.705), "the Corn Welsh," from original Celtic tribal name, *Cornowii, Latinized as Cornovii, literally "peninsula people, the people of the horn" (from Celtic kernou "horn," hence "headland"), in reference to the long "horn" of land on which they live, to which the Anglo-Saxons added the plural of Old English walh "stranger, foreigner," especially if Celtic (see Welsh).