Thornhill
suburban area · Caerdydd - Cardiff
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · historical forms · name elements
Thornhill means 'thorny hill'. It describes a hill characterized by the presence of thorn bushes.
Word origins
- thorn
- Old Englishthorn bush(from þorn "thorn")
- hill
- Old EnglishAttestedhill(from hyll "hill")
Historical forms
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