English Explanatory Dictionary

Thorney

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Pronunciation

/ˈθɔː(ɹ)ni/

Word forms

Thorney

Etymology

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

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