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Truro (; (コーンウォール語:Truru)) is a city and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Truro is Cornwall's county town and only city, its centre for administration, leisure and retail and had a population recorded in the 2011 census of 18,766.〔 It is the most southern city in mainland Great Britain. People from Truro are known as Truronians. Truro grew as a centre of trade from its port and then as a stannary town for the tin mining industry. The city's cathedral was completed in 1910. Places of interest include the Royal Cornwall Museum, the Hall for Cornwall and Cornwall's Courts of Justice. ==Toponymy== The origin of Truro's name is debated. It is said to be derived from the Cornish ''tri-veru'' meaning "three rivers," but references such as the ''Oxford Dictionary of English Place Names'' reject this theory. The "tru" part might mean "three", though this is doubtful. An expert on Cornish place-names, Oliver Padel, in his book ''A Popular Dictionary of Cornish Place-names'' wrote that the 'three rivers' meaning is "possible."〔Padel, O. J. (1988) ''A Popular Dictionary of Cornish Place-names'', Penzance, A. Hodge ISBN 0-906720-15-X〕 Alternatively the name may derive from *''tre-uro'' or similar, i.e. the settlement on the river *''uro''〔Parochial history of Cornwall, Davis Gilbert〕〔patronymica Cornu-Britannica〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Truro」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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