Cornwall
[kawrn-wawl or, esp. British, -wuh l]
- 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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Contemporary Examples
It reads: “The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall are deeply saddened to hear of the death of Joan Rivers.”
Nina rushed home to Cornwall, speedily typed them up and emailed them off to Mary-Kay.
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 DeathMay 19, 2014
Mark Roland Shand was born on June 28, 1951 and was the younger brother of Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall.
He will also lose the massive income from the lands held by the Duchy of Cornwall, which currently provide some of their funding.
Historical Examples
I grew up in his home in Cornwall; it was my home, just as he was my father in everything but fact.
The Black BagLouis Joseph Vance
His father was a hard-working labourer of the parish of St. Austell, in Cornwall.
Self-HelpSamuel Smiles
Had we stood on an hour longer, gentlemen, we should have been lost on the coast of Cornwall!
Homeward BoundJames 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 SeaAmelia Edith Huddleston Barr
Cornwall, after telephoning his mother that he would not be home, went with him.
Chit-Chat; Nirvana; The SearchlightMathew Joseph Holt
Cornwall
- 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).
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