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Cornouaille

/kɔʁ.nwaj/

proper noun/kɔʁ.nwaj/

Cornouaille (a historical region of Brittany, France, settled by princes from Cornwall)

Inherited from Middle French Cornuaille, from Old French Cornuaille, from Early Medieval Latin Cornugallēnsis, of Celtic/Brythonic origin, corresponding to Proto-Brythonic *Körnɨw + the Germanic wealas (“Romans, Celts”) (see wealh). More at Cornouaille.