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adj
Of or pertaining to Cornwall, a county of southwest England.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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adj
Native to Cornwall.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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adj
Of or pertaining to the Cornish language.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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adj
cornlike; resembling corn
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
The Celtic language of Cornwall, related to Welsh and Breton.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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name
A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Weld County, Colorado.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A place in the United States:
A town and census-designated place therein, in York County, Maine.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A place in the United States:
A township in Aitkin County, Minnesota.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A place in the United States:
A township in Sibley County, Minnesota.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A place in the United States:
A town in Sullivan County, New Hampshire.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A place in the United States:
A town in Jefferson County, Oklahoma.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A place in the United States:
A town in Cache County, Utah, at the border with Idaho.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A habitational surname from Old English [in turn originating as an ethnonym], referring to someone from Cornwall.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
The inhabitants of Cornwall, especially native-born.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: collective, plural, plural-only
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noun
One of several decorative rings around the barrel of a cannon; the next ring from the muzzle backwards.
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noun
Alternative form of cornice.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
Topics: architecture
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adjective
of or related to Cornwall or its people or the Cornish language
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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noun
English breed of compact domestic fowl; raised primarily to crossbreed to produce roasters
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Cornish fowl
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Broader terms: domestic fowl, fowl, poultry
noun
a Celtic language spoken in Cornwall
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: Brythonic, Brittanic
History
From Corn(wall) + -ish, from Cornish Kernewek, Kernowek.
Etymology tree English corn Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -ish English -ish English cornish From corn + -ish.
Across languages
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