Thorn
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Thorn
- A topographic surname from Middle English for someone living near a thorn bush.
- A place name:
- A hamlet in Houghton Regis parish, Central Bedfordshire, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL0024).
- A village in Maasgouw municipality, Limburg province, Netherlands.
- An unincorporated community in Chickasaw County, Mississippi, United States.
- Former name of Whitethorn, Humboldt County, California.
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Etymology edit
First attested as tornensi monasterio in 1007. Etymology uncertain. Potentially linked to Old Dutch turn (“high building, tower”) (derived in turn from Latin turris (“tower”)). The toponym has also been linked to Doornik/Tournai in Belgium. Not related to the English toponym Thorne.
See also Limburgish Toear.
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Thorn n
- A city and former municipality of Maasgouw, Limburg, Netherlands.
- Synonym: 't Geitebokkeriek (Carnival nickname)
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Etymology 1 edit
From English thorn from Middle English thorn, þorn, from Old English þorn, þyrn (“thorn”), from Proto-Germanic *þurnuz, from Proto-Indo-European *tr̥nós, from *(s)ter- (“stiff”).
Noun edit
Thorn m (strong, genitive Thorns, plural Thorns)
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Declension of Thorn [masculine, strong]
Etymology 2 edit
From Middle High German Thorun, from Latin Thorun (see also Thorunenses) (1251).
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Thorn n (proper noun, genitive Thorns or (optionally with an article) Thorn)
Further reading edit
- “Thorn” in Duden online