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Thorne

Thorne proper noun: an English surname from Middle English, variant of Thorn.

Proper noun

Thorne

  1. An English surname from Middle English, variant of Thorn.
  2. A community in Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada.
  3. A municipality in Pontiac Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada.
  4. A hamlet in Bude-Stratton parish, north Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SS2105).
  5. A hamlet in Whitstone parish, north Cornwall (OS grid ref SX2799).
  6. A market town and civil parish (served by Thorne-Moorends Town Council) in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE6813).
  7. An unincorporated community in Rolette County, North Dakota, United States.
  8. A railroad junction in Mineral County, Nevada, United States; the name is a shortening of Hawthorne in the same county.

Words formed from Thorne

Questions about Thorne

What does Thorne mean?
Thorne means an English surname from Middle English, variant of Thorn.
What part of speech is Thorne?
Thorne is a proper noun.

Words near Thorne in the dictionary

  1. Thornden
  2. Thorndike
  3. Thorndikean
  4. Thorndikes
  5. Thorndyke
  6. Thorne
  7. Thorne-Zytkow object
  8. Thorne-Zytkow objects
  9. Thorne-Żytkow object
  10. Thorne-Żytkow objects
  11. thorned

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