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Thorne.

An English surname from Middle English, variant of Thorn.

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  1. An English surname from Middle English, variant of Thorn.

  2. A community in Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada.

  3. A municipality in Pontiac Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada.

  4. A hamlet in Bude-Stratton parish, north Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SS2105).

  5. A hamlet in Whitstone parish, north Cornwall (OS grid ref SX2799).

  6. A market town and civil parish (served by Thorne-Moorends Town Council) in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE6813).

  7. An unincorporated community in Rolette County, North Dakota, United States.

  8. A railroad junction in Mineral County, Nevada, United States; the name is a shortening of Hawthorne in the same county.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.