Cornwall


Origin of name

The Welsh in Cornavia. From the Latin name Cornu meaning horn.
West of Dunnoii (Devon) was the Corneu to the Britons - the land of the horn.
The second syllable comes from the old english "wahl" meaning foreign,
as that was how the English called the Britons or the Welsh.
First recorded 891 as Cornwalam.

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