Zawn Vinoc (EN) / Sawen Veynek (KW)

Type: 
Coastal Feature
Parish: 
St Keverne
Hundred: 
Kerrier
Elements: 

meynek

Meaning: 
stony, abounding in stones

sawen

Meaning: 
plunging cliff chasm
Elements notes: 
<sawen> ‘plunging cliff chasm’ + <meynek> ‘stony’
Historic forms: 
Zawn Vinoc 1907 (coastal inlet)(OS, 25”, 1907) Zawn Vinoc 1908 (OS, 1908) Zawn Vinoc 1948 (Gover, 1948) Zawn Vinoc 1996 (OS, 1:25000, 1996) Zawn Vinoc 2016 (OS, 2016)