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Thurso.

A town in northern Caithness, Highland council area, Scotland.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

name/ˈθʌɹzo/Scotland/ˈθʌɹso/Scotland/ˈθɜːɹsəʊ/Received-Pronunciation/ˈθɜːɹzəʊ/Received-Pronunciation
  1. A town in northern Caithness, Highland council area, Scotland.

  2. A river in Highland council area, Scotland.

Where this word comes from

From Old Norse Þórsá (“Thor's River”). The Norse is likely an adaptation of the Latin Tarvodubron from a Proto-Brythonic reflex of Proto-Celtic *tarwos (“bull”) + *dubros (“water”).

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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.