Cornish
Meanings
adj
- Of or pertaining to Cornwall, a county of southwest England.
- Native to Cornwall.
- Of or pertaining to the Cornish language.
noun
- The inhabitants of Cornwall, especially native-born.
name
- The Celtic language of Cornwall, related to Welsh and Breton.
- A place in the United States:
- An unincorporated community in Weld County, Colorado.
- A town and census-designated place therein, in York County, Maine.
- A township in Aitkin County, Minnesota.
- A township in Sibley County, Minnesota.
- A town in Sullivan County, New Hampshire.
- A town in Jefferson County, Oklahoma.
- A town in Cache County, Utah, at the border with Idaho.
- A habitational surname from Old English [in turn originating as an ethnonym], referring to someone from Cornwall.
noun
- One of several decorative rings around the barrel of a cannon; the next ring from the muzzle backwards.
- Alternative form of cornice.
adj
- cornlike; resembling corn
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From Corn(wall) + -ish, from Cornish Kernewek, Kernowek.
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