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Cornwall is a county in the southwest of England. Lying west of from which it is separated by the River Tamar, Cornwall is one of the more isolated and distinctive parts of the but is also one of its most popular with holidaymakers.
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is a small cathedral city in South Cornwall. It is the administrative capital of the County of Cornwall.

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is the most south-westerly town in West Cornwall. Famous for its association with the Gilbert and Sullivan opera The Pirates of , the town is an ideal base for exploring the Penwith area of Cornwall.

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is a seaside town in South Cornwall. Famous for its beaches, it is home to the world's third largest natural harbour. The four main beaches in are Gyllyngvase, Castle, Swanpool, and Maenporth.

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is in Cornwall. It includes much of the Cornish coast along the Celtic Sea and some top surfing areas.

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is a civil parish and village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. takes its name from Saint Erc, one of the many Irish saints who brought Christianity to Cornwall during the Dark Ages, and is at the old crossing point of the .

Cornwall

Latitude of center
50.4167° or 50° 25′ north
Longitude of center
-4.75° or 4° 45′ west
Population
578,000
Elevation
430 feet (131 metres)
Abbreviation
“CON”
United Nations Location Code
GB CW9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 302323776
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
2652355
Wiki­data ID
Q23148
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zeeuws—“Cornwall” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Cornwall”
  • Arabic: “كورنوال”
  • Aragonese: “Cornualla”
  • Armenian: “Կոռնուոլ”
  • Asturian: “Cornualles”
  • Azerbaijani: “Kornuoll”
  • Balinese: “Cornwall”
  • Basque: “Kornualles”
  • Belarusian: “графства Корнуал”
  • Belarusian: “Кернаў”
  • Belarusian: “Корнуал”
  • Belarusian: “Корнўал”
  • Belarusian: “Корнўол”
  • Bengali: “কর্নওয়াল”
  • Breton: “Kernev-Veur”
  • Bulgarian: “Корнуол”
  • Catalan: “Cornualla”
  • Cebuano: “Cornwall”
  • Central Kurdish: “کۆرنواڵ”
  • Chinese: “Kernow”
  • Chinese: “康和郡”
  • Chinese: “康沃尔郡”
  • Chinese: “康沃爾郡”
  • Cornish: “Kernow”
  • Croatian: “Cornwall”
  • Czech: “Cornwall”
  • Danish: “Cornwall”
  • Dutch: “Cornwall”
  • Dutch: “Kernow”
  • Esperanto: “Kornvalo”
  • Estonian: “Cornwall”
  • Faroese: “Cornwall”
  • Finnish: “Cornwall”
  • French: “Cornouailles”
  • French: “Kernow”
  • Galician: “Cornualla”
  • Galician: “Kernow”
  • Georgian: “კორნუოლი”
  • German: “Cornwall”
  • German: “Kernow”
  • Gothic: “𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌽𐍅𐌰𐌿𐌻”
  • Greek: “Κορνουάλη”
  • Gujarati: “કોર્નવોલ”
  • Hebrew: “קורנוול”
  • Hindi: “कॉर्नवल”
  • Hungarian: “Cornwall”
  • Icelandic: “Cornwall”
  • Ido: “Kornwal”
  • Inari Sami: “Cornwall”
  • Indonesian: “Cornwall”
  • Indonesian: “Kornwalia”
  • Interlingua: “Cornuallia”
  • Interlingue: “Cornwall”
  • Irish: “Corn na Breataine”
  • Italian: “Cornovaglia”
  • Japanese: “コーンウォール”
  • Kannada: “ಕಾರ್ನ್ವಾಲ್”
  • Kirghiz: “Корнвель”
  • Korean: “콘월주”
  • Kurdish: “Cornwall”
  • Kurdish: “Kernow”
  • Ladin: “Cornwall”
  • Latin: “Corinia”
  • Latin: “Cornubia”
  • Latvian: “Kornvola”
  • Lithuanian: “Kornvalis”
  • Low German: “Kornwallis”
  • Lower Sorbian: “Korniska”
  • Luxembourgish: “Cornwall”
  • Macedonian: “Корнвол”
  • Malagasy: “Cornwall”
  • Malay: “Cornwall”
  • Manx: “Yn Chorn”
  • Marathi: “कॉर्नवॉल”
  • Mazanderani: “کورن‌وال”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Kernow”
  • Mirandese: “Cornualha”
  • Nepali: “कोर्न्वल”
  • Northern Frisian: “Cornwall”
  • Northern Sami: “Kernow”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Cornwall”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Cornwall”
  • Norwegian: “Cornwall”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Cornoalha”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Cornweal”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Cornweall”
  • Ossetian: “Корнуолл”
  • Persian: “کورن وال”
  • Persian: “کورن‌وال”
  • Polish: “Kornwalia”
  • Portuguese: “Cornualha”
  • Quechua: “Cornwall”
  • Romanian: “Cornwall”
  • Russian: “Западный Уэльс”
  • Russian: “Корнваллис”
  • Russian: “Корнуолл”
  • Russian: “Корнуэлл”
  • Sardinian: “Cornovàllia”
  • Sardinian: “Cornwall”
  • Scots: “Cornwall”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “A’ Chòrn”
  • Serbian: “Корнвол”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Cornwall”
  • Sicilian: “Curnuvagghia”
  • Silesian: “Kornwalijo”
  • Slovak: “Cornwall”
  • Slovenian: “Cornwall”
  • Slovenian: “Kernow”
  • Spanish: “Cornualles”
  • Swahili: “Cornwall”
  • Swedish: “Cornwall”
  • Tagalog: “Cornualles”
  • Tajik: “Корнуолл”
  • Tamil: “கார்ன்வால் மாவட்டம்”
  • Tamil: “கோர்ன்வால்”
  • Tatar: “Корнуолл”
  • Telugu: “కార్న్వాల్”
  • Thai: “คอร์นวอลล์”
  • Turkish: “Cornwall”
  • Turkish: “Törensel Cornwall Kontluğu”
  • Uighur: “Kornwél”
  • Ukrainian: “Корнвол”
  • Ukrainian: “Корнволл”
  • Ukrainian: “Корнуол”
  • Ukrainian: “Корнуолл”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Cornwall”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Korniska”
  • Urdu: “کورنوال”
  • Urdu: “کونوال”
  • Uzbek: “Kornuoll”
  • Venetian: “Cornovagia”
  • Venetian: “Cornovaja”
  • Vietnamese: “Cornwall”
  • Vlaams: “Cornwall”
  • Volapük: “Cornwall”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Cornwall”
  • Welsh: “Cernyw”
  • Western Frisian: “Cornwall”
  • Western Panjabi: “کارنوال”
  • Wu Chinese: “康沃尔”
  • Yiddish: “קארנוואל”
  • Yue Chinese: “康和郡”
  • Zeeuws: “Cornwall”
  • “Cornwall”
  • “Curnuvàglia”
  • “GB-CON”
  • “Kernow”
  • “ma Kenuwe”

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