cornwall
IPA: kˈɔrnwɔɫ
Root Word: Cornwall
noun
- A maritime county of England; forming its south-western extremity, bordered by Devon in the east.
- The country of the Cornish, currently having the status of a royal duchy in England belonging to the male heir apparent to the reigning monarch, and consisting at least of the Cornwall County and the Isles of Scilly.
- The westernmost of the three historical counties of Jamaica, bordered by the county of Middlesex in the east; named for the English county.
- A city in Ontario.
- A town in Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
- A town in Connecticut.
- A town in Orange County, New York.
- A borough in Pennsylvania.
- A town in Vermont.
- A surname.
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Examples of "cornwall" in Sentences
- The patron of the church is the Duke of Cornwall.
- That annuity was charged to the Duchy of Cornwall.
- Cawsand is very much part of Cornwall, and deservedly so.
- The soap stone of Cornwall is used in the porcelain factory.
- Mutton was born in Lerryn, Cornwall and was the son of a carpenter.
- Mackerel are fish common to the coasts of both Cornwall and Brittany.
- Cornwall is indubitably part of England, so I don't see how that works.
- The Town of Blooming Grove was formed from the Town of Cornwall in 1799.
- She is the middle child of King Lear and married to the Duke of Cornwall.
- The Duchess of Cornwall is the title held by the wife of the Duke of Cornwall.