Cornish Submitted Place Names

Cornish names were used in southwest England in the region around Cornwall.

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Aljeri (Country) Korean, Cornish
Korean and Cornish form of Algeria.

Almayn (Country) Cornish
Cornish form of Alemannia, used as the Cornish name for Germany.

Brusselas (Settlement) Cornish
Cornish form of Brussels.

Demelza (Settlement) Cornish
Name of a hamlet in Cornwall, sometimes explained as a contraction of Cornish Dinas Maeldaf "fort of Maeldaf", but more likely derived from Cornish ty "house" and malsai "eel".

Dulyn (Settlement) Cornish, Welsh
Cornish and Welsh form of Dublin.

Ejyp (Country) Cornish
Cornish form of Aegyptus (see Egypt).

Estrych (Country) Cornish
Cornish form of Austria.

Eynda (Country) Cornish
Cornish form of India.

Gyni (Country) Cornish
Cornish form of Guinea

Iwerdhon (Country) Cornish
Cornish form of Ireland

Jibraltar (Political Subdivision & Settlement) Armenian, Bengali, Breton, Cornish, Hindi
Form of Gibraltar used in various languages.

Karvergh (Settlement) Cornish
Cornish form of Carveth.

Kenwyn (Settlement) Cornish
This is the name of a town and river, located in the south-western English county of Cornwall, which is called Keynwynn in Cornish. It is said that the name is derived from Cornish keyn meaning "back, keel, ridge" and gwynn meaning "white, fair, blessed."

Lannstevan (Political Subdivision & Settlement) Cornish
Lannstevan (Launceston in English) is a town, ancient borough, and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is 1 mile (1.6 km) west of the middle stage of the River Tamar, which constitutes almost the entire border between Cornwall and Devon... [more]

Loundres (Settlement) Cornish
Cornish form of London.

Morvah (Settlement) Cornish
From Cornish Morvedh, derived from mor "sea" and bedh "grave". This is the name of a small Cornish village.

Norgagh (Country) Cornish
Cornish form of Norway.

Ostralasi (Region) Cornish
Cornish form of Australasia.

Ostrali (Country & Region) Balinese, Javanese, Cornish
Balinese, Javanese and Cornish form of Australia.

Plym (River) Cornish
"Plum Tree"

Portyngal (Country) Cornish
Cornish form of Portugal

Pydar (Other) Cornish

Spayn (Country) Cornish
Cornish form of Spain

Swedherwyk (Country) Cornish
Cornish form of Sweden.

Tintagel (Settlement) English, Cornish

Trewellard (Settlement) Cornish
Trewellard is a small village on the north coast road between St Just and St Ives in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.

Truro (Settlement) Cornish
Truro, Cornwall

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