Thorney

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Thorney

/ˈθɔː(ɹ)ni/

Sounds like thorny

Where it comes from

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

proper noun

A hamlet in Iver parish, south Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref TQ0479).
A village and civil parish in the city of Peterborough district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL2804).
A village and civil parish in Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK8573).
A small village in Kingsbury Episcopi parish, Somerset, England, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST4223).
A surname.

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@misc{thorney_2026,
  title = {Thorney},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/thorney},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}