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Thornhill

Thornhill proper noun: a surname.

Proper noun

Thornhill (countable and uncountable, plural Thornhills)

  1. A surname.
  2. A village in Beckermet parish, Cumberland district, Cumbria, England, previously in Copeland borough (OS grid ref NY0108).
  3. A village and civil parish in High Peak borough, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK1983).
  4. A suburb of Southampton, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU4712).
  5. A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2518).
  6. A hamlet in Broad Town parish, south of Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU0878).
  7. A small town in Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NY8795).
  8. A village in Stirling council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS6699).
  9. A hamlet in Caerphilly community, Caerphilly borough, Wales (OS grid ref ST1584: only a short distance from Thornhill, Cardiff).
  10. A suburb and community in Cardiff, Wales (OS grid ref ST1783).
  11. A housing estate in Cwmbran, Torfaen borough, Wales (OS grid ref ST2795).
  12. A town in Kouga Local Municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
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  1. A village in Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
  2. A small city in Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States.
  3. A community near Terrace, British Columbia, Canada.
  4. A neighbourhood of Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada.
  5. A neighbourhood of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
  6. A suburban community in the Regional Municipality of York, Ontario, Canada.

Forms of Thornhill

pluralThornhills

Words formed from Thornhill

Questions about Thornhill

What does Thornhill mean?
Thornhill means a surname.
What part of speech is Thornhill?
Thornhill is a proper noun.

Words near Thornhill in the dictionary

  1. Thorngumbald
  2. Thornhart
  3. thornhead
  4. thornheads
  5. thornhedge
  6. Thornhill
  7. Thornhill Park
  8. Thornhills
  9. thornhog
  10. thornhogs
  11. Thornielee

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