Cornish
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Etymology
[edit]From Corn(wall) + -ish, from Cornish Kernewek, Kernowek.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]Cornish (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to Cornwall, a county of southwest England.
- Native to Cornwall.
- Of or pertaining to the Cornish language.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]of Cornwall
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of the Cornish language
native to Cornwall
Noun
[edit]Cornish pl (plural only)
- (collectively) The inhabitants of Cornwall, especially native-born.
Synonyms
[edit]- See Cornishman, Cornubian
Proper noun
[edit]Cornish
- The Celtic language of Cornwall, related to Welsh and Breton.
- There is a movement to revive Cornish.
- The name of a town:
- A town in Maine.
- A town in New Hampshire.
- A town in Oklahoma.
- A town in Utah, at the border with Idaho.
- A habitational surname from Old English referring to someone from Cornwall.
Translations
[edit]Celtic language of Cornwall
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See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- ISO 639-1 code kw, ISO 639-3 code cor (SIL)
- Ethnologue entry for Cornish, cor
- “Cornish”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- WIKITONGUES: Elizabeth speaking Cornish
Anagrams
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- English terms suffixed with -ish
- English terms derived from Cornish
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- English lemmas
- English adjectives
- English uncomparable adjectives
- English nouns
- English pluralia tantum
- English collective nouns
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English terms with usage examples
- en:Towns in Maine, USA
- en:Towns in the United States
- en:Places in Maine, USA
- en:Places in the United States
- en:Towns in New Hampshire, USA
- en:Places in New Hampshire, USA
- en:Towns in Oklahoma, USA
- en:Places in Oklahoma, USA
- en:Towns in Utah, USA
- en:Places in Utah, USA
- English surnames
- English surnames from Old English
- en:Ethnonyms
- en:Languages
- en:Cornwall, England