1. Place names: The Gateway Drug

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Learn what some Cornish place names mean in Kernewek with presenter Danni Diston, language expert Sarah Buck and Kernow King, Edward Rowe. Producer Beth Woodbridge. Video producer: Helen Munro Berry. Sound producer: Ben Coates. Executive Editor: Emma Clements. Revision: Tre – Homestead/farmstead Pol – Pool/Water Penn - Head Karrek – Rock Men - Stone Porth – Sheltered harbour or sheltered cove Penzance: Pennsans — Penn > “head, top, end” + Sans > “holy” Bude: Porthbud — Porth > “cove, entrance, landing place” + Bud > “Bude” Camborne: Kammbronn — Kamm > “crooked, bent” + Bronn > “hill” Newquay: Tewynblustri — Tewyn > “sand, dune” + Plustri > “animal grazing / exercise area” Wadebridge: Ponswad — Pons > “bridge” + Waed (Anglo‑Saxon) > “ford” Illogan: Egloshalow — Eglos > “church” + Halow > “marshes, moors” (or derived from a personal name)