Cornubia

English

Proper noun

Cornubia

  1. A southern suburb of Brisbane, Australia.
  2. A city under construction near Durban in South Africa

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *Körnɨw + -ia, with the common Medieval confusion of b and v.[1]

Proper noun

Cornubia f sg (genitive Cornubiae); first declension

  1. (Medieval Latin) Cornwall, a county in south west England
    • ca. 670 CE - ca. 710 CE, Aldhelmus Malmesberiensis, Aldhelmi Carmen Rhythmicum :
      Quando proféctus freram - Usque díram Domnóniam - Pér caréntem Cornúbiam...
      When I had set forth - toward dire Devon - through Cornwall lacking...[2]

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Cornubia
Genitive Cornubiae
Dative Cornubiae
Accusative Cornubiam
Ablative Cornubiā
Vocative Cornubia

References
  1. Jackson, K. H. (1953) Language and History in Early Britain, Edinburgh University Press, pages 377-378
  2. Howlett, David R. (1995) “Aldhelmi Carmen Rhythmicum”, in Archivum Latinitatis Medii Aevi-Bulletin du Cange (ALMA)‎
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