English Explanatory Dictionary

Cornwallis

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. An English ethnic surname transferred from the nickname for someone with Cornish ancestry.
  2. A placename:
  3. A neighbourhood of the City of Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia.
  4. A coastal settlement west of Auckland, Auckland region, New Zealand.
  5. A rural municipality in south-west Manitoba, Canada; in full, the Rural Municipality of Cornwallis.
  6. An unincorporated community in Ritchie County, West Virginia, United States.
  7. Ellipsis of Cornwallis River.
  8. Ellipsis of Cornwallis Island.
  9. Ellipsis of Cornwallis Township.

Word forms

Cornwallis

Etymology

As with Cornwall, ultimately from Old English Cornwēalas (“Cornwall, inhabitants of Cornwall”).

Related words

Cornouailles

Derived words

Cornwallis Island Cornwallis Park Cornwallis River Cornwallis Square Cornwallis Township Fort Cornwallis Little Cornwallis Island
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