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  1. Thornton: Merriam-Webster
  2. Thornton: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. Thornton: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. Thornton: Vocabulary.com
  5. Thornton, thornton: Wordnik
  6. Thornton: Wiktionary
  7. Thornton: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. Thornton: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. thornton: Dictionary.com
  10. Thornton (surname), Thornton: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Thornton: Rhymezone
  12. thornton: FreeDictionary.org
  13. thornton: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. Thornton: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Thornton: Encyclopedia

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  1. Thornton: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Thornton)

noun:  Any of several places in England and Scotland:
noun:  A large village in Wyre borough, Lancashire, England, part of the Thornton-Cleveleys conurbation (OS grid ref SD3442).
noun:  A village in Bagworth and Thornton parish, Hinckley and Bosworth district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK4607).
noun:  A village in Stainton and Thornton parish, Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref NZ4713).
noun:  A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1032).
noun:  A village in Fife council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT2997).
noun:  A number of places in the United States:
noun:  A minor city in Calhoun County, Arkansas.
noun:  A census-designated place in San Joaquin County, California.
noun:  A city (home rule municipality) in Adams County and Weld County, Colorado.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Madison County, Idaho.
noun:  A township and village therein, in Cook County, Illinois.
noun:  A minor city in Cerro Gordo County, Iowa.
noun:  An unincorporated community and coal town in Letcher County, Kentucky.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Holmes County, Mississippi.
noun:  A township in Buffalo County, Nebraska.
noun:  A town in Grafton County, New Hampshire.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Thornbury Township, Concord Township and Middletown Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.
noun:  A neighbourhood of Cranston, Providence County, Rhode Island.
noun:  A town in Limestone County, Texas.
noun:  A census-designated place in the town of Richmond, Shawano County, Wisconsin.
noun:  A community of Essa township, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada.
noun:  A settlement in Bay of Plenty Region, New Zealand.
noun:  A place in Australia:
noun:  A suburb of the City of Maitland, New South Wales.
noun:  A rural locality in Lockyer Valley Region, Queensland.
noun:  A town in the Shire of Murrindindi, Victoria.
noun:  A suburb of Cape Town, South Africa.
noun:  An English and Scottish habitational surname from Old English from these places.
noun:  A male given name transferred from the surname.

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