Names For Cornwall in Languages Other Than English
Cornwall's unique history has distinguished it enough for other languages to form their own name for it. While other counties have transliterations of their names or Celtic-language names, Cornwall is unique in the number of European languages that have given it their own name; in the United Kingdom only countries such as England, Scotland and Wales usually have this.
| Language | Name | Notes | Reference |
| Arabic | كورنوال | ||
| Asturian | Cornualles | ||
| Basque | Kornualles | ||
| Breton | Kernev-Veur | ||
| Bulgarian | Корнуол | ||
| Catalan | Cornualla | ||
| Chinese | 康沃尔 康沃爾 |
Mandarin (Pinyin): kāng wò ěr Cantonese (Yale): kang o er |
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| Cornish | Kernow | ||
| Dutch | Cornwallis | Archaic; no longer used. | |
| Esperanto | Kornvalo | ||
| French | Cornouailles | ||
| Galician | Cornualles | ||
| Greek | Κορνουάλλη | Romanised: Kornoualli | |
| Hebrew | קורנוול | ||
| Hindi | कॉर्नवल | Transliteration: Kornaval | |
| Icelandic | Kornbretaland | Cornwall is also used. | |
| Ido | Kornwal | ||
| Irish | Corn na Breataine | ||
| Italian | Cornovaglia | ||
| Japanese | コーンウォール | Romaji: kōn'uōru | |
| Korean | 콘월 주 | Romanised: konuuil ju | |
| Latin | Cornubia | ||
| Latvian | Kornvola | ||
| Leonese | Cornualles | ||
| Lithuanian | Kornvalis | ||
| Manx | Yn Chorn | ||
| Occitan | Cornoalha | ||
| Polish | Kornwalia | ||
| Portuguese | Cornualha | ||
| Russian | Корнуолл | Romanised: Kornuoll | |
| Scottish Gaelic | A’ Chòrn | ||
| Sicilian | Curnuvagghia | ||
| Upper Sorbian | Korniska | ||
| Spanish | Cornualles | ||
| Turkish | Kernevekeli | ||
| Welsh | Cernyw |
Read more about this topic: Geography Of Cornwall
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