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Cornovii (perhaps meaning people of the horn) Latin names are rough transliterations. A re-translation like this (Latin cornus, "horn") is a naiverty. --Wetman 01:58, 22 Nov 2004 (UTC)
It's not a naivety, as there was a cognate word 'corn' in the Brythonic/Celtic language as well, also meaning horn, in the sense of a distinctive pointed hill. The word was not transliterated from Latin, it already existed in the local speech. There are a number of such place-names across Britain, and the 'corn' referred to here would have been the Wrekin itself.
"I would refer you to Oxford historian, Dr John Morris, who wrote an eminent three volume work called 'The Age of Arthur' about the Cornish Cornovii.
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The first mention of the tribe occurs in the works of Ptolemy in the 2nd century A.D.:
- "From these¹ toward the east are the Cornavi, among whom are the towns: Deva,² Legio XX Victrix 17*30 56°45, Viroconium³ 16*45 55°45." (Ptolemy Geographia II.ii)
Did Ptolemy really use WGS84 coordinates and superscript citations? Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 22:12, 19 August 2019 (UTC)