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Cornwallis

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

Etymology

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

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