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Thorney

/ˈθɔː(ɹ)ni/

Thorney proper noun: a hamlet in Iver parish, south Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref TQ0479).

Proper noun

Thorney

  1. A hamlet in Iver parish, south Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref TQ0479).
  2. A village and civil parish in the city of Peterborough district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL2804).
  3. A village and civil parish in Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK8573).
  4. A small village in Kingsbury Episcopi parish, Somerset, England, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST4223).
  5. A surname.

Origin of Thorney

From Old English þorn (“thorn-tree”) + ēġ (“island”).

Questions about Thorney

What does Thorney mean?
Thorney means a hamlet in Iver parish, south Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref TQ0479).
What part of speech is Thorney?
Thorney is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Thorney?
Thorney is pronounced /ˈθɔː(ɹ)ni/.

Words near Thorney in the dictionary

  1. thornen
  2. Thorner
  3. thorneries
  4. thornery
  5. Thornewell
  6. Thorney
  7. Thorneyburn
  8. Thorneycroft
  9. Thorneycrofts
  10. Thorneywood
  11. Thorne–Zytkow object

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