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A question about the history of a place name in the UK - "Nanjizal"

by AmericanDerp

I was looking at UK maps and noticed this name:

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Trevescan,+Penzance,+Cornwall+TR19,+UK/@50.0523718,-5.6971136,1559m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x486ab8406cf9d149:0xe43f9bbea5c88261

"Nanjizal" - what is the origin or meaning of this name?

Searocksandtrees

hi! well, it's apparently Cornish for "low valley" or perhaps "howling valley", so you might try to track down some Cornish speakers/linguists in /r/Cornwall, /r/Linguistics or /r/AskUK for more information.