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Cornwall

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Corn·wall  (kôrnwôl)
1. A region of extreme southwest England on a peninsula bounded by the Atlantic Ocean and English Channel. Its tin and copper mines were known to ancient Greek traders.
2. A city of southeast Ontario, Canada, on the St. Lawrence River and the New York border southeast of Ottawa. It is a manufacturing center. Population: 46,000.

Cornwall [ˈkɔːnˌwɔːl -wəl]
n
(Placename) a county of SW England: hilly, with a deeply indented coastline. Administrative centre: Truro. Pop.: 499 114 (2001). Area: 3564 sq. km (1376 sq. miles)
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.CornwallCornwall - a hilly county in southwestern England
England - a division of the United Kingdom
Cornishman - a man who is a native or inhabitant of Cornwall
Cornishwoman - a woman who is a native or resident of Cornwall
Translations
Cornwall [ˈkɔːnwəl] NCornualles m
Cornwall [ˈkɔːrnwɔːl] nCornouailles f
in Cornwall → en Cornouailles
Cornwall
nCornwall nt
Cornwall [ˈkɔːnwl] nCornovaglia
Cornwall [ˈkɔːnwl] nCornovaglia


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So it came about that the stories which were told in Wales and in Cornwall were told in Brittany also.
He heard Fanshaw add that his country was full of such quaint fables and idioms; it was the very home of romance; he even pitted this part of Cornwall against Devonshire, as a claimant to the laurels of Elizabethan seamanship.
I am spending my autumn holiday in the far West of Cornwall.
 
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