Thorney

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈθɔː(ɹ)ni/
  • Homophone: thorny

Proper noun

Thorney

  1. A hamlet in Iver parish, south Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref TQ0479). [1]
  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, South Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST4223).
  5. A surname.

References
  1. OS: Buckinghamshire

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