Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "The Cornovii are a hypothetical tribe who would have been part of the Dumnonii, a Celtic tribe inhabiting the South West peninsula of Great Britain, during some part of the Iron Age, Roman and post-Roman periods. The Cornovii would have lived at the western end of the peninsula, in the area now known as Cornwall, and the tribal name would be the ultimate source of the name of that present-day county.The existence of this sub-tribe, clan, or sept is not mentioned in Ptolemy's 2nd century Geography, as are many of the other Iron Age tribes in Britain. It has been inferred solely on the basis of a place-name listed in the Ravenna Cosmography of c.700 ce as purocoronavis, which is considered to be a scribal error for durocornavis (or durocornovium), interpreted as meaning \"the fortress of the Cornovii\"."@en }
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- Cornovii_(Cornwall) abstract "The Cornovii are a hypothetical tribe who would have been part of the Dumnonii, a Celtic tribe inhabiting the South West peninsula of Great Britain, during some part of the Iron Age, Roman and post-Roman periods. The Cornovii would have lived at the western end of the peninsula, in the area now known as Cornwall, and the tribal name would be the ultimate source of the name of that present-day county.The existence of this sub-tribe, clan, or sept is not mentioned in Ptolemy's 2nd century Geography, as are many of the other Iron Age tribes in Britain. It has been inferred solely on the basis of a place-name listed in the Ravenna Cosmography of c.700 ce as purocoronavis, which is considered to be a scribal error for durocornavis (or durocornovium), interpreted as meaning \"the fortress of the Cornovii\".".