Thorn

English Wiktionary

The English Wiktionary has a dictionary definition (meanings of a word) for: thorn

Thorn has several meanings:

• Thorns, spines and prickles, a sharp structure or growth on plants
• Thorn tree
• Hawthorn, Crataegus
• Thorn (letter) (Þ, þ), a letter in the Anglo-Saxon and Icelandic alphabets

Places

• Thorn, Netherlands
• Toruń, Poland (known as Thorn in German)

United Kingdom

• Thorn, Bedfordshire
• Thorn, Devon
• Thorn, Herefordshire
• Thorn, Powys

USA

• Thorn, California, in San Bernardino County
• Thorn, Mississippi, in Chickasaw County
• Thorn, Utah, in Salt Lake County

Persons, Characters

• Andy Thorn
• Brad Thorn, Australian/New Zealand rugby league and rugby union footballer
• Damien Thorn
• Erin Thorn
• Gaston Thorn (b. 1928), Luxembourg politician
• George Thorn
• Colonel Herman Thorn (1783–1859), called "the millionaire of New York", brother of Jonathan Thorn
• Jan Thorn-Prikker
• John Thorn
• John Thorn (musician)
• Jonathan Thorn
• Matt Thorn
• Nautica Thorn
• Philip Thorn
• Robyn Thorn
• Rod Thorn
• Stuart Thorn, President of the Fat People United Group
• Tracey Thorn
• Victor Thorn
• Viktor Thorn
• Rose and Thorn is a character with a split personality in DC comics
• Thorn, the main character of the online fantasy story Darksoul Kingdom
• Thorn Harvestar, a main character in Jeff Smith's Bone comic series
• Thorns (band), a Norwegian black metal band
• The Thorns, an American acoustic rock band
• Thorn (Inheritance) a dragon from the Inheritance Trilogy

Companies

• Thorn EMI
• THORN Electrical Industries
• Thorn Cycles, British bicycle manufacturer
• Thorn guitars, guitar manufacturer
• Thorn Lighting, luminaire manufacturer, part of Zumtobel Lighting Group

Other uses

• Thorns (novel), a 1967 science fiction novel by American writer Robert Silverberg
• Thorn (horse), racehorse that won the Kentucky Futurity in 1897
• Thorn (video game)
• Thorn (Inheritance), the red dragon on the cover of the book Eldest