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The Name of Truro, Cornwall

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 November 2008

Andrew Breeze
Andrew Breeze
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Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Navarra, 31080 Pamplona, Spain. E-mail: .
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Abstract

Truro's name seems to come from the Cornish cognate of Welsh tryferau, ‘spears, javelins’, referring to the city's rivers.

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Shorter Contributions
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The Antiquaries Journal , Volume 86 , September 2006 , pp. 317 - 319
Copyright
Copyright © The Society of Antiquaries of London 2006

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