Corn Du
hill or mountain · Powys · 872m
Nuttall
WelshSurmised
Suggested2 sources · name elements
This name means 'The Black Horn'. 'Corn' is a dialectal or archaic form of 'corn' meaning horn, and 'Du' means black. It likely refers to the shape or colour of the mountain.
Word origins
- Corn
- Welshhorn(from corn "horn")
- Du
- Welshblack(from du "black")