Cornovii (Caithness)

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For other Celtic peoples also written Cornavii, see Cornovii

The Cornavii or Cornabii were a Celtic people in North Britain, mentioned by Ptolemy as lying in the extreme northeast of Scotland; in the later-formed county of Caithness. The should not be confused with the Cornovii tribe who dwell in Gloucestershire in central England.

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• This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography by William Smith (1856).