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Thornbury

Thornbury proper noun: a village and civil parish in Torridge district, Devon (OS grid ref SS4008).

Proper noun

Thornbury (countable and uncountable, plural Thornburys)

  1. A village and civil parish in Torridge district, Devon (OS grid ref SS4008).
  2. A village and civil parish (served by Thornbury Group Parish Council) in northern Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO6259).
  3. A market town and civil parish in South Gloucestershire district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref ST6390).
  4. A suburb of Bradford, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE1933).
  5. A suburb of Melbourne in the City of Darebin, Victoria, Australia.
  6. A township in Southland, New Zealand.
  7. A community and former town in the town of Blue Mountains, Grey County, Ontario, Canada.
  8. A township in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States.
  9. A township in Delaware County, Pennsylvania. These two townships adjoin each other, and were originally one township until 1798.
  10. (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.

Forms of Thornbury

pluralThornburys
alternative formThornberry

Origin of Thornbury

From Old English þorn (“thorn”) + byriġ, the dative case of burg (“fortified place”).

Questions about Thornbury

What does Thornbury mean?
Thornbury means a village and civil parish in Torridge district, Devon (OS grid ref SS4008).
What part of speech is Thornbury?
Thornbury is a proper noun.

Words near Thornbury in the dictionary

  1. Thornbrugh
  2. Thornburg
  3. Thornburgh
  4. Thornburghs
  5. Thornburgs
  6. Thornbury
  7. Thornburys
  8. thornbush
  9. thornbushes
  10. Thorncliff
  11. Thorncliffe

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