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thorney

/ˈθɔː(ɹ)ni/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.03 in modern English

Syllables
thor-ney
IPA
/ˈθɔː(ɹ)ni/
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

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

name

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

name

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

name

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

name

A surname.

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

Homonyms

thorny

Questions

How do you pronounce thorney?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈθɔː(ɹ)ni/.
What does thorney mean?
A hamlet in Iver parish, south Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref TQ0479).
Where does thorney come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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