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Torrington

Torrington proper noun: a locality in the Glen Innes Severn council area and the Tenterfield council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.

Proper noun

Torrington (countable and uncountable, plural Torringtons)

  1. A locality in the Glen Innes Severn council area and the Tenterfield council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.
  2. A suburb of the city of Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia.
  3. A hamlet in Kneehill County, Alberta, Canada.
  4. Synonym of Great Torrington, Devon, England.
  5. A city in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States.
  6. A city, the county seat of Goshen County, Wyoming, United States.
  7. A habitational surname from Old English.

Synonyms of Torrington

Forms of Torrington

pluralTorringtons

Origin of Torrington

From Torridge (“a river in Devon”) + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Words formed from Torrington

Questions about Torrington

What does Torrington mean?
Torrington means a locality in the Glen Innes Severn council area and the Tenterfield council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.
What part of speech is Torrington?
Torrington is a proper noun.

Words near Torrington in the dictionary

  1. torrijas
  2. Torrijos
  3. Torrijoses
  4. torril
  5. torrils
  6. Torrington
  7. Torringtons
  8. torrion
  9. torrions
  10. torriorthent
  11. torriorthents

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