Word origins

• JenniferA female given name from Cornish.
• lizardAny reptile of the order Squamata that is not a snake or mosasaur—typically characterised by a rounded torso, a short neck with an elevated head, a long tail and four limbs, although some species are legless.
• coffinA closed box in which the body of a dead person is placed for burial.
• cornishOf or pertaining to Cornwall, a county of southwest England.
• LauncestonA town and civil parish with a town council in eastern Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX3384).
• TruroA city and civil parish with a city council in Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW8244).
• brillA type of flatfish, Scophthalmus rhombus.
• PenzanceA coastal town, port, and civil parish with a town council in Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW4730).
• PenroseA surname from Cornish.
• BudeA coastal town in Bude-Stratton parish, north Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SS2106).
• lueTo sift using a sieve, particularly in mining tin or silver.
• BodminA town and civil parish with a town council in Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX0667).
• CamborneA town and civil parish with a town council in western Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW6440).
• ChenowethA surname from Cornish.
• LiskeardA market town and civil parish with a town council in east Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX2564).
• moyleA surname.
• HelstonA town and civil parish in south-west Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW6527).
• TremaineA surname from Cornish.
• karnA pile of rocks.
• LooeA coastal town and civil parish with a town council in south-east Cornwall, England, situated on the River Looe (OS grid ref SX2553).
• TrevelyanA surname from Cornish.
• wrasseAny one of numerous edible, marine, spiny-finned fishes of the family Labridae, of which several species are found in the Mediterranean and on the Atlantic coast of Europe. Many of the species are brightly colored.
• PenrynA town and civil parish with a town council in southern Cornwall, England, to the north of Falmouth (OS grid ref SW7834).
• NewlynA coastal village and harbour in Penzance parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW4628).
• JagoA surname.
• HayleA female given name.
• AngwinA census-designated place in Napa County, California, United States.
• CurnowA surname from Cornish.
• annetA duck or drake.
• LanyonA hamlet (Lanyon Farm) in Madron parish, south-west Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW4234).
• creenTo complain; to whine; to moan.
• KittoA surname from Cornish.
• MevagisseyA fishing village and civil parish on the south coast of Cornwall, England.
• goffinA surname.
• treenPertaining to or derived from trees; wooden; made of wood.
• whealA small raised swelling on the skin, often itchy, caused by a blow from a whip or an insect bite etc.
• KernowCornwall: A peninsula, cultural area, maritime ceremonial county, and duchy in England; forming its south-western extremity, bordered by Devon in the east
• sprigganIn Cornish folklore, a malicious spirit in the form of a wizened old man.
• PolperroA large village, a civil parish and fishing harbour in south Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX2050).
• vugA small to medium-sized cavity inside rock that may be formed through a variety of processes.
• buccaA storm spirit in Cornish folklore, traditionally believed to inhabit mines and coastal communities.
• TrevithickA surname from Cornish.
• PendarvisA surname from Cornish.
• LelantA coastal village in St Ives parish, western Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW5437).
• TrevenaFormer name of Tintagel (until the middle of the 19th century).
• TresidderA surname from Cornish.
• CarthewA surname from Cornish.
• DemelzaA hamlet in St Wenn parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW9763).
• killigrewA bird, the red-billed chough.
• LudgvanA village and civil parish in south-west Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW5033).
• BryherAn island of Isles of Scilly, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SV876361).
• GwithianA coastal village in Gwinear-Gwithian parish, west Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW5841).
• bannalSynonym of common broom (“Cytisus scoparius”).
• bowjyA shed for cattle or sheep.
• bowssenTo dunk or immerse (into water, for remedial purposes).
• buzgutA person who eats or drinks a substantial amount.
• ChegwinA surname from Cornish.
• costeanA trench in solid rock intersected by pits which reveals mineral veins.
• creenerAn ailing or sickly person.
• dillueSift with a sieve.
• DuloeA hamlet in Staploe parish, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL157607).
• elvanOf or relating to certain veins of feldspathic or porphyritic rock crossing metalliferous veins in the mining districts of Cornwall.
• fogouA Cornish souterrain, an underground, dry-stone-walled chamber open on two ends.
• furry danceA traditional dance held on Flora Day in Helston, Cornwall.
• GolowanA Midsummer celebration in Cornwall, England, with bonfires, fireworks, processions, etc.
• gossanRust-coloured (weatherized and oxidized) rock or mineral deposits, forming the upper part or outcrop of a metallic vein.
• growanA decomposed granite, forming a mass of sandy gravel, found in tin lodes in Cornwall.
• gunniesA vacant space left in the ground after a lode has been mined.
• heavy cakeA cake of Cornish origin, made with flour, lard, butter, milk, sugar, and raisins.
• hevvaCry raised when a shoal of pilchards is sighted, signalling for fisherman to man their boats.
• Isles of ScillyAn archipelago off the coast of Cornwall, in southwestern England.
• MenearA surname from Cornish.
• muryanAn ant.
• PentreathA surname from Cornish.
• porbeagleA large pelagic predatory shark, Lamna nasus, of the Atlantic.
• Port IsaacA coastal village in St Endellion parish, on the north coast of Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW9980).
• Port QuinA hamlet and cove in St Endellion parish, on the north coast of Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW9780)
• pryanA soft, white clay.
• quilkinA frog or toad.
• RosewarneA suburb of Camborne, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW648407).
• scavernickA hare.
• scovanA vein of tin.
• ScowenA surname from Cornish.
• SkewesA surname from Cornish.
• teasyInclined to tease; teasing.
• towanA sand dune.
• TreffryA surname from Cornish.
• TregennaA hamlet in Veryan parish, on the south coast of Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW9440).
• TreglownA surname from Cornish.
• TregoningA surname from Cornish.
• TrewarthaA surname from Cornish.
• TreweekA surname from Cornish.
• Wheal BusyAn old mining locality in Chacewater parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW7344).
• Wheal RoseA village in St Agnes parish, Cornwall, England, with a small part in Redruth parish (OS grid ref SW7144).
• WithielA small village and civil parish in central Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW9965).
• zawnA deep and narrow sea-inlet in the British Isles, especially Cornwall and the south-west, cut by erosion into sea-cliffs, and with steep or vertical side-walls; a cave through which the tide flows into a cliff.