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The name Cornwall was imposed on it by the invading Germanic tribes and is a Cornish/Anglo-Saxon hybrid name, derived from the Cornish 'corn' and the Anglo-Saxon 'wealas', meaning 'the foreigners of the horn' - Cornwall being a horn shaped peninsula (rather like Italy but smaller).
The ancient and native name for Cornwall in the Cornish language is Kernow, meaning '(land of) horns'. This can either be a reference to its many headlands or to its many inlets (or indeed both!).
Thus Cornwall has a name imposed on it by the people who later became the English, as well the name originated by the native Cornish people.
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