What does "thornton" mean?
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).
Thornton
/ˈθɔː(ɹ)ntən/ name
name ·Moderate ·College level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: 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).
- Grammar: thornton is listed as name.
- Nearest alternatives: family name, place name, surname, toponym.
- Useful contrasts: given name.
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Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 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).
- 2 A number of places in the United Kingdom:; A large village in Wyre borough, Lancashire, England, part of the Thornton-Cleveleys conurbation (OS grid ref SD3442).
- 3 A number of places in the United Kingdom:; A village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE7545).
- 4 A number of places in the United Kingdom:; A village in Bagworth and Thornton parish, Hinckley and Bosworth district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK4607).
- 5 A number of places in the United Kingdom:; A small village in Roughton parish, East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF2467).
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- 6 A number of places in the United Kingdom:; A suburban village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SD3300).
- 7 A number of places in the United Kingdom:; A hamlet in Shoreswood parish, Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NT9547).
- 8 A number of places in the United Kingdom:; A village in Stainton and Thornton parish, Middlesbrough district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref NZ4713).
- 9 A number of places in the United Kingdom:; A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1032).
- 10 A number of places in the United Kingdom:; A hamlet near Glamis, Angus council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO3946).
- 11 A number of places in the United Kingdom:; A village in Fife council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT2997).
- 12 A number of places in the United Kingdom:; A small village in Tiers Cross community, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM9007).
- 13 A number of places in the United States:; A minor city in Calhoun County, Arkansas.
- 14 A number of places in the United States:; A census-designated place in San Joaquin County, California.
- 15 A number of places in the United States:; A city (home rule municipality) in Adams County and Weld County, Colorado.
- 16 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Madison County, Idaho.
- 17 A number of places in the United States:; A township and village therein, in Cook County, Illinois.
- 18 A number of places in the United States:; A minor city in Cerro Gordo County, Iowa.
- 19 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community and coal town in Letcher County, Kentucky.
- 20 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Holmes County, Mississippi.
- 21 A number of places in the United States:; A township in Buffalo County, Nebraska.
- 22 A number of places in the United States:; A town in Grafton County, New Hampshire.
- 23 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Thornbury Township, Concord Township and Middletown Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.
- 24 A number of places in the United States:; A neighbourhood of Cranston, Providence County, Rhode Island.
- 25 A number of places in the United States:; A town in Limestone County, Texas.
- 26 A number of places in the United States:; A census-designated place in the town of Richmond, Shawano County, Wisconsin.
- 27 A community in Essa township, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada.
- 28 A settlement in Bay of Plenty region, New Zealand.
- 29 A place in Australia:; A suburb of Newcastle in the Maitland council area, New South Wales, Australia.
- 30 A place in Australia:; A rural locality in Lockyer Valley Region, Queensland.
- 31 A place in Australia:; A town in the Shire of Murrindindi, Victoria.
- 32 A suburb of Cape Town, South Africa.
- 33 An English and Scottish habitational surname from Old English from these places.
- 34 A male given name transferred from the surname.
Synonyms
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Common questions
What is a synonym for "thornton"?
Common synonyms include: family name, place name, surname, toponym.
How do you pronounce "thornton"?
Pronounced /ˈθɔː(ɹ)ntən/.
Etymology
From Old English þorn (“thorn”) + tūn (“settlement”).