Cornish Explained

Cornish is the adjective and demonym associated with Cornwall, the most southwesterly part of the United Kingdom. It may refer to:

• Cornish language, a Brittonic Southwestern Celtic language of the Indo-European language family, spoken in Cornwall
• Cornish people
  • Cornish Americans
  • Cornish Australians
  • Cornish Canadians
  • Cornish diaspora
• Culture of Cornwall

Cornish may also refer to:

Places

United States

• Cornish, Colorado
• Cornish, Maine, a town
  • Cornish (CDP), Maine, the primary village
• Cornish, New Hampshire
• Cornish, Oklahoma
• Cornish, Utah
• Cornish Township, Aitkin County, Minnesota
• Cornish Township, Sibley County, Minnesota

People

• Cornish (surname)

Animals and plants

• Cornish Aromatic, apple cultivar
• Cornish chicken
• Cornish chough (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax), a species in the family Corvidae
• Cornish game hen
• Cornish Rex, a breed of cat
• Lucas Terrier, a Cornish breed of dog

Sports

• Cornish Wrestling, the ancient martial art, the "national sport of Cornwall"
• Cornish Pirates, a rugby union team
• Launceston RUFC, known as the Cornish All Blacks

Other uses

• Cornish Art Colony, in Cornish, New Hampshire
• Cornish Assembly
• Cornish College of the Arts, an institution in Seattle, Washington
• Cornish pilot gig, a type of rowing boat
• The Cornish Trilogy, three related novels by Canadian novelist Robertson Davies

See also

• Kornis, a family of the Hungarian nobility
• List of topics related to Cornwall