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Cornwallis

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As with Cornwall, ultimately from Old English Cornwēalas (“Cornwall, inhabitants of Cornwall”).

proper noun

  1. An English ethnic surname transferred from the nickname for someone with Cornish ancestry.
  2. A neighbourhood of the City of Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia.
  3. A coastal settlement west of Auckland, Auckland region, New Zealand.
  4. A rural municipality in south-west Manitoba, Canada; in full, the Rural Municipality of Cornwallis.
  5. An unincorporated community in Ritchie County, West Virginia, United States.
  6. abbreviation, ellipsis Ellipsis of Cornwallis River
  7. abbreviation, ellipsis Ellipsis of Cornwallis Island
  8. abbreviation, ellipsis Ellipsis of Cornwallis Township

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"Cornwallis." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/cornwallis. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{cornwallis_2026,
  title = {Cornwallis},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cornwallis},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}