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Carnellis
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Karnellow
(KW)
Type:
Settlement
Parish:
St Ives
Hundred:
Penwith
Notes:
An early medieval building once described as a 'picts house' by antiquarians
Elements:
-ell
Meaning:
diminutive suffix
-ow
Meaning:
plural suffix
karn
Meaning:
crag, tor, cairn
Elements notes:
<karn> 'crag, tor, cairn' + <-ell> diminutve suffix + <-ow> plural suffix
Historic forms:
Carnelloe 1816 Carnelloe 1841 Carnellis c.1870
English (1)
Carnellis EN.mp3
Cornish (1)
Carnellis KW.mp3