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Example sentences for: cornish

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Abingdon means Æbba's hill; Boston means Bōtwulf's stone; Conventry means Cofa's tree; Leighton Buzzard is named for the Busard family, who owned land here in the 13th century; Lichfield means open land near Letocetum, the latter name itself meaning gray wood; Maidstone probably means stone of the maidens (i.e., where the girls gathered); Morpeth, like it or not, means murder path; Redruth, a Cornish name, means red ford; Southend arose at the southern end of Prittlewell parish; Westminster is west of the City of London.
For the Cornish tend to be rather a critical race owing to their struggle to make ends meet in a county which has long known economic hardship.
A writer stakes out the Cornish, N.H., home of J.D.
Rock Cornish Game Hen Nostalgia
Yes, it's ironic, but predictable, that people express ambivalence toward second or heritage languages: They attack languages such as Spanish that they perceive as a threat, while defending "cute" languages like Boontling (you and I are may be the only ones in the audience who know what that is) or "antique" languages like Cornish.