Cornish is the adjective and demonym associated with
Cornwall
Cornwall (; kw, Kernow ) is a historic county and ceremonial county in South West England. It is recognised as one of the Celtic nations, and is the homeland of the Cornish people. Cornwall is bordered to the north and west by the Atlantic ...
, the most southwesterly part of the United Kingdom. It may refer to:
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Cornish language
Cornish (Standard Written Form: or ) , is a Southwestern Brittonic language, Southwestern Brittonic language of the Celtic language family. It is a List of revived languages, revived language, having become Extinct language, extinct as a livin ...
, a Brittonic Southwestern Celtic language of the Indo-European language family, spoken in Cornwall
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Cornish people
The Cornish people or Cornish ( kw, Kernowyon, ang, Cornƿīelisċ) are an ethnic group native to, or associated with Cornwall: and a recognised national minority in the United Kingdom, which can trace its roots to the ancient Britons w ...
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Cornish Americans
Cornish Americans ( kw, Amerikanyon gernewek) are Americans who describe themselves as having Cornish ancestry, an ethnic group of Brittonic Celts native to Cornwall and the Scilly Isles, part of England in the United Kingdom. Although Cornish ...
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Cornish Australians
Cornish Australians ( kw, Ostralians kernewek) are citizens of Australia who are fully or partially of Cornish heritage or descent, an ethnic group native to Cornwall in the United Kingdom.
Cornish Australians form part of the worldwide Corni ...
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Cornish Canadians
Cornish Canadians are Canadians of Cornish descent, including those who were born in Cornwall. The number of Canadian citizens of Cornish descent cannot be determined through census statistics, though speculative estimates place the population ...
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Cornish diaspora
The Cornish diaspora ( kw, keskar kernewek) consists of Cornish people and their descendants who emigrated from Cornwall, United Kingdom. The diaspora is found within the United Kingdom, and in countries such as the United States, Canada, Austral ...
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Culture of Cornwall
The culture of Cornwall ( kw, Gonisogeth Kernow) forms part of the culture of the United Kingdom, but has distinct customs, traditions and peculiarities. Cornwall has many strong local traditions. After many years of decline, Cornish culture h ...
Cornish may also refer to:
Places
United States
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Cornish, Colorado Cornish is an unincorporated community in Weld County, in the U.S. state of Colorado.
History
A post office called Cornish was established in 1914, and remained in operation until 1967. The community was named after a Mr. Cornish, an engineer emplo ...
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Cornish, Maine
Cornish is a town in York County, Maine, United States. The population was 1,508 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Portland– South Portland–Biddeford, Maine metropolitan statistical area. The main village in town is the Cornish ...
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Cornish (CDP), Maine
Cornish is a census-designated place (CDP) and the primary village in the town of Cornish, York County, Maine, United States. It is on the northern border of York County, on the south side of the Ossipee River where it joins the Saco. To the nor ...
, the primary village
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Cornish, New Hampshire
Cornish is a town in Sullivan County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 1,616 at the 2020 census. Cornish has four covered bridges. Each August, it is home to the Cornish Fair.
History
The town was granted in 1763 and contained a ...
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Cornish, Oklahoma
Cornish is an incorporated town in eastern Jefferson County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 163 at the 2010 census, a decline of 5.2 percent from the figure of 172 in 2000.
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Cornish, Utah
Cornish is a town in Cache County, Utah, United States. The population was 288 at the 2010 census. It is included in the Logan, Utah-Idaho (partial) Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town ...
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Cornish Township, Aitkin County, Minnesota
Cornish Township is a township in Aitkin County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 28 as of the 2010 census.
History
Cornish Township was named for Charles E. and Milo F. Cornish, early settlers. It was incorporated on August 6, 1906. ...
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Cornish Township, Sibley County, Minnesota
Cornish Township is a township in Sibley County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 267 at the 2000 census.
Cornish Township was organized in 1871, and named after Cornish, New Hampshire, the former home of an early settler.
Geography
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People
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Cornish (surname) Cornish is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Abbie Cornish (born 1982), Australian actress
* Albert J. Cornish (1856–1920), Justice of the Nebraska Supreme Court
* Audie Cornish (born 1979), American journalist
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Animals and plants
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Cornish Aromatic
Cornish Aromatic is an apple cultivar with a crisp, nut-like aromatic flavour that was first recorded in Cornwall
Cornwall (; kw, Kernow ) is a historic county and ceremonial county in South West England. It is recognised as one of th ...
, apple cultivar
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Cornish chicken
The Indian Game is a British breed of game chicken, now reared either for meat or show. It originated in the early nineteenth century in the counties of Cornwall and Devon in south-west England. It is a heavy, muscular bird with an unusually ...
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Cornish chough
The red-billed chough, Cornish chough or simply chough ( ; ''Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax''), is a bird in the crow family, one of only two species in the genus '' Pyrrhocorax''. Its eight subspecies breed on mountains and coastal cliffs from the w ...
(''Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax''), a species in the family Corvidae
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Cornish game hen
Cornish game hen (also Rock Cornish game hen) is the USDA-approved name for a particular variety of broiler chicken, produced from a cross between the Cornish and White Plymouth Rock chicken breeds, that is served young and immature, weighing ...
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Cornish Rex
The Cornish Rex is a breed of domestic cat. The Cornish Rex has no hair except for down. Most breeds of cat have three different types of hair in their coats: the outer fur or "guard hairs", a middle layer called the "awn hair"; and the down ha ...
, a breed of cat
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Lucas Terrier
The Lucas Terrier is a small breed of dog of the terrier type which originated in England in the late 1940s. The breed was created by Sir Jocelyn Lucas at his Ilmer Kennels in Watford, Hertfordshire. All living authentic examples can trace the ...
, a Cornish breed of dog
Sports
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Cornish Wrestling
Cornish wrestling ( kw, Omdowl Kernewek) is a form of wrestling that has been established in Cornwall for many centuries and possibly longer. It is similar to the Breton Gouren wrestling style. It is colloquially known as "wrasslin’"Phillipps, ...
, the ancient martial art, the "national sport of Cornwall"
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Cornish Pirates
The Cornish Pirates ( kw, An Vorladron Gernewek) are a professional rugby union team who play in the Championship, the second level of the English rugby union pyramid, and are the premier Cornish rugby club. Formerly known as Penzance & Newlyn ...
, a rugby union team
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Launceston RUFC
Launceston Rugby Club (also known as the Cornish All Blacks, the name of the 1st team) is a Cornish rugby club which play at Polson Bridge, Launceston, Cornwall. They are currently in South West Premier, at the fifth tier of the English ru ...
, known as the Cornish All Blacks
Other uses
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Cornish Art Colony
The Cornish Art Colony (or Cornish Artists’ Colony, or Cornish Colony) was a popular art colony centered in Cornish, New Hampshire from about 1895 through the years of World War I. Attracted by the natural beauty of the area, about 100 artists, ...
, in Cornish, New Hampshire
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Cornish Assembly
A Cornish Assembly ( kw, Senedh Kernow) is a proposed devolved law-making assembly for Cornwall along the lines of the Scottish Parliament, the Senedd (Welsh Parliament) and the Northern Ireland Assembly in the United Kingdom.
The campaign for ...
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Cornish College of the Arts
Cornish College of the Arts (CCA) is a private art college in Seattle, Washington. It was founded in 1914.
History
Cornish College of the Arts was founded in 1914 as the Cornish School of Music, by Nellie Cornish (1876–1956), a teacher of pi ...
, an institution in Seattle, Washington
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Cornish pilot gig
The Cornish pilot gig is a six-oared rowing boat, clinker-built of Cornish narrow-leaf elm, long with a beam of . It is recognised as one of the first shore-based lifeboats that went to vessels in distress, with recorded rescues going back ...
, a type of rowing boat
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The Cornish Trilogy
''The Cornish Trilogy'' is three related novels by Canadian novelist, playwright, critic, journalist, and professor Robertson Davies.
The trilogy consists of '' The Rebel Angels'' (1981), ''What's Bred in the Bone'' (1985), and '' The Lyre of Or ...
'', three related novels by Canadian novelist Robertson Davies
See also
* Kornis, a family of the
Hungarian nobility
The Hungarian nobility consisted of a privileged group of individuals, most of whom owned landed property, in the Kingdom of Hungary. Initially, a diverse body of people were described as noblemen, but from the late 12th century only high- ...
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List of topics related to Cornwall
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Cornwall:
Cornwall – ceremonial county and unitary authority area of England within the United Kingdom. Cornwall is a peninsula bordered to the north and west by ...
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