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Thorney.

A hamlet in Iver parish, south Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref TQ0479).

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

name/ˈθɔː(ɹ)ni/
  1. A hamlet in Iver parish, south Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref TQ0479).

  2. A village and civil parish in the city of Peterborough district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL2804).

  3. A village and civil parish in Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK8573).

  4. A small village in Kingsbury Episcopi parish, Somerset, England, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST4223).

  5. A surname.

Where this word comes from

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

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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.