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Porthysek
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English name: Port Isaac · Cornwall
Place-name meaning, origin and pronunciation
Meaning
from porth “port” and ysek “abounding in corn”
Broken down
Nearby & related:
Porth Gwynn · Port QuinPorth · ParPorthbud · BudePonswad · WadebridgeLannwedhenek · PadstowBosvena · Bodmin
Sources
Meaning, etymology and pronunciation text is adapted from Wiktionary. The adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Coordinates and identifiers from Wikidata (CC0). Areas and map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database Licence.
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