Hawthorne

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Hawthorne

/ˈhɔː.θɔːn/ UK
/ˈhɔ.θoɹn/ US
/ˈhɑ.θoɹn/ US, cot caught merger
/ˈhɒ.θɒn/ Canada
/ˈhoː.θoːn/ Australia, New Zealand

Sounds like Hawthorn · Rhymes with -ɔːθɔː(ɹ)n

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Variant of Hawthorn.

proper noun

A topographic or habitational surname from Middle English for someone who lived near a hawthorn hedge or in a place with such a name.
An eastern suburb of the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
A city in Los Angeles County, California.
A city in Alachua County, Florida.
A township in White County, Illinois.
An unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Iowa.
An eastern neighbourhood of Louisville, Kentucky.
A northern neighbourhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota.
A census-designated place, the county seat of Mineral County, Nevada.
A borough in Passaic County, New Jersey.
A census-designated place in the town of Mount Pleasant, Westchester County, New York.
A district of Portland, Oregon, named after James C. Hawthorne.
A neighbourhood in south Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
A neighbourhood in north-west Washington, D.C..
A town and unincorporated community therein, in Douglas County, Wisconsin.
Former name of Cicero: a town in Cook County, Illinois.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: rideau, maybush, hawthorn, may, mayflower, mayblossom, maythorn, whitethorn, crataegus, thornbush, cockspur, haw, thornapple, quickset, quickthorn, thorn

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@misc{hawthorne_2026,
  title = {Hawthorne},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hawthorne},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}