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Thornton

  • /ˈθɔː(ɹ)ntən/

Where it comes from

From Old English þorn (“thorn”) + tūn (“settlement”).

proper noun

  1. A small village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP7535).
  2. A large village in Wyre borough, Lancashire, England, part of the Thornton-Cleveleys conurbation (OS grid ref SD3442).
  3. A village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE7545).
  4. A village in Bagworth and Thornton parish, Hinckley and Bosworth district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK4607).
  5. A small village in Roughton parish, East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF2467).
  6. A suburban village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SD3300).
  7. A hamlet in Shoreswood parish, Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NT9547).
  8. A village in Stainton and Thornton parish, Middlesbrough district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref NZ4713).
  9. A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1032).
  10. A hamlet near Glamis, Angus council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO3946).
  11. A village in Fife council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT2997).
  12. A small village in Tiers Cross community, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM9007).
  13. A minor city in Calhoun County, Arkansas.
  14. A census-designated place in San Joaquin County, California.
  15. A city (home rule municipality) in Adams County and Weld County, Colorado.
  16. An unincorporated community in Madison County, Idaho.
  17. A township and village therein, in Cook County, Illinois.
  18. A minor city in Cerro Gordo County, Iowa.
  19. An unincorporated community and coal town in Letcher County, Kentucky.
  20. An unincorporated community in Holmes County, Mississippi.
  21. A township in Buffalo County, Nebraska.
  22. A town in Grafton County, New Hampshire.
  23. An unincorporated community in Thornbury Township, Concord Township and Middletown Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.
  24. A neighbourhood of Cranston, Providence County, Rhode Island.
  25. A town in Limestone County, Texas.
  26. 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 suburb of Newcastle in the Maitland council area, New South Wales, Australia.
  30. A rural locality in Lockyer Valley Region, Queensland.
  31. 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.

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Closest in meaning: touche, village, hamlet, town, township, borough, burgh, settlement, community, municipality, locality, district, precinct, canton, parish, suburb

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MLA

"Thornton." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/thornton. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

Thornton. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/thornton

Chicago

"Thornton." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/thornton.

BibTeX
@misc{thornton_2026,
  title = {Thornton},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/thornton},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}