Thornton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈθɔː(ɹ)ntən/
Etymology: From Old English þorn (“thorn”) + tūn (“settlement”).
Senses: glosses: A number of places in the United Kingdom:
A small village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP7535).
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A large village in Wyre borough, Lancashire, England, part of the Thornton-Cleveleys conurbation (OS grid ref SD3442).
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A village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE7545).
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A village in Bagworth and Thornton parish, Hinckley and Bosworth district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK4607).
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A small village in Roughton parish, East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF2467).
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A suburban village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SD3300).
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A hamlet in Shoreswood parish, Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NT9547).
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A village in Stainton and Thornton parish, Middlesbrough district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref NZ4713).
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A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1032).
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A hamlet near Glamis, Angus council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO3946).
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A village in Fife council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT2997).
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A small village in Tiers Cross community, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM9007).
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A minor city in Calhoun County, Arkansas.
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A census-designated place in San Joaquin County, California.
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A city (home rule municipality) in Adams County and Weld County, Colorado.
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An unincorporated community in Madison County, Idaho.
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A township and village therein, in Cook County, Illinois.
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A minor city in Cerro Gordo County, Iowa.
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An unincorporated community and coal town in Letcher County, Kentucky.
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An unincorporated community in Holmes County, Mississippi.
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A township in Buffalo County, Nebraska.
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A town in Grafton County, New Hampshire.
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An unincorporated community in Thornbury Township, Concord Township and Middletown Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.
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A neighbourhood of Cranston, Providence County, Rhode Island.
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A town in Limestone County, Texas.
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A census-designated place in the town of Richmond, Shawano County, Wisconsin.
glosses: A community in Essa township, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada.
glosses: A settlement in Bay of Plenty region, New Zealand.
glosses: A place in Australia:
A suburb of the City of Maitland, New South Wales.
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A rural locality in Lockyer Valley Region, Queensland.
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A town in the Shire of Murrindindi, Victoria.
glosses: A suburb of Cape Town, South Africa.
glosses: An English and Scottish habitational surname from Old English from these places.
glosses: A male given name transferred from the surname.
Derived terms: word: Childer Thornton
word: Thornton Curtis
word: Thornton Dale
word: Thornton Heath
word: Thornton-in-Craven
word: Thornton-le-Dale
english: Cheshire
translation: Cheshire
word: Thornton-le-Moors