Cornish

Celtic peninsula's adjective

Cornish refers to Cornwall, the southwestern peninsula of England.

As a noun, Cornish is the Celtic language once spoken there, now largely extinct but undergoing revival efforts.

Cornish also names a breed of chicken developed in Cornwall, compact and heavily muscled.

A Cornish pasty is a folded pastry filled with meat and vegetables, traditionally carried by miners.

The Cornish coast attracts tourists year-round.

mining

tin

Element fifty, Sn

shaft · miner · lode · adit · smelting · geology · pump · drift · stope · tunneling

cuisine

pasty

Unhealthily pale

pilchards · cream tea

Celtic

Welsh

Of a Celtic nation

traditions · folklore · mythology · bard · ancient · tribes · clans · insular · stone circles · druids

breed

hen

Female fowl

curly coat · bantam · livestock · breeding · plumage · heritage breed

language

revived

Restored to consciousness

dictionary · grammar · immersion · classes · signage · bilingual · manuscripts · orthography · vocabulary · phrases

Categories
Opposites
celtic language family

CornishIrish

Of the Emerald Isle

Scottish Gaelic · Manx · Irish Gaelic · Welsh · Breton

regional british identity

CornishEnglish

Britain's native tongue

Scottish · London · Yorkshire · Northumbrian · Midlands

english vs non-english british

CornishEnglish

Britain's native tongue

Anglo-Saxon · Welsh · living language · thriving · Irish

Phrases
Family

Cornish hen, Cornish pasty, Cornish pasties

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G