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Cornhill
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English
Etymology
From en ang corn corn + ang hyll hill.
Proper noun
~ s
en uncountable A placename:
en ward/and/street city/City of London co/Greater London cc/England OS grid ref TQ3281. Ward map (London)
en suburb city/Aberdeen carea/City of Aberdeen cc/Scotland OS grid ref NJ9107.
en village carea/Aberdeenshire cc/Scotland OS grid ref NJ5858.
en countable en habitational Old English.
en 3 September 2026 Sian Filcher Arboretum's name change faces veterans' backlash https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c04694l4ry5o BBC News About 25,000 people signed a petition against the move, including Royal Air Force veteran Paul Cornhill, who visits the site in Alrewas, Staffordshire, to remember his stillborn daughter. 3 September 2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20260915031149/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c04694l4ry5o 15 September 2026
Related terms
en Cornhill-on-Tweed
Statistics
According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Cornhill is the 15507th most common surname in England, belonging to 332 individuals.
References
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