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)
Cornish name: Kernow
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Corn•wall
(kôrn′wôl or, esp. Brit., -wəl),USA pronunciation n.
- Place Namesa county in SW England. 397,200;
1369 sq. mi. (3545 sq. km). - Place Namesa city in SE Ontario, in S Canada, SW of Ottawa, on the St. Lawrence. 46,144.
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'Cornwall' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
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- Brittany
- Celtic Sea
- Cornish
- Cornishman
- Eden Project
- Edward
- Falmouth
- Fowey
- Iseult
- Land's End
- Lizard
- Lizard Head
- Lyonnesse
- Penzance
- Saint Austell
- Southwest
- Stannaries
- Tintagel Head
- Tristan
- Truro
- West Country
- bob veal
- bodacious
- corn
- gossan
- hurling
- mark
- menhir
- ordnance datum
- wrasse