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Thornaby

Thornaby proper noun: a civil parish with a town council in Stockton-on-Tees borough, North Yorkshire, England, which is the parish for Thornaby-on-Tees. Also the ellipsis of Thornaby-on-Tees.

Proper noun

Thornaby

  1. A civil parish with a town council in Stockton-on-Tees borough, North Yorkshire, England, which is the parish for Thornaby-on-Tees.

Also used as

Thornaby is also the ellipsis of Thornaby-on-Tees.

Questions about Thornaby

What does Thornaby mean?
Thornaby means a civil parish with a town council in Stockton-on-Tees borough, North Yorkshire, England, which is the parish for Thornaby-on-Tees.
What part of speech is Thornaby?
Thornaby is a proper noun.

Words near Thornaby in the dictionary

  1. thorn veldt
  2. thorn-apple crystal
  3. thorn-apple crystals
  4. thorn-tree
  5. thorn-trees
  6. Thornaby
  7. Thornaby-on-Tees
  8. thornapple
  9. thornapples
  10. thornasite
  11. thornasteroside

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