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'''Thorn''' has several meanings:
* [[Thorn (botany)|Thorn]], a sharp structure on plants
* [[Thorn tree]]
* [[Common hawthorn]], ''Crataegus monogyna''
* [[Thorn (letter)]] (Þ, þ), a letter in the Anglo-Saxon and Icelandic alphabets
* [[Thurisaz (rune)|Thorn (rune)]] ({{runic|ᚦ}}), the name of the ''th''-rune in the [[Anglo-Saxon]] [[rune poem]]
===Places===
* [[Thorn, Netherlands]]
* [[Toruń]], [[Poland]] (known as Thorn in German and sometimes also in English [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_European_cities_in_different_languages:_Q-T#T]] )
====United Kingdom====
* [[Thorn, Bedfordshire]]
* [[Thorn, Devon]]
* [[Thorn, Herefordshire]]
* [[Thorn, Powys]]
====USA====
* [[Thorn, California|Thorn]], [[San Bernardino County, California]]
* [[Thorn, Mississippi|Thorn]], [[Chickasaw County, Mississippi]]
* [[Thorn, Utah|Thorn]], [[Salt Lake County, Utah]]
===Persons, Characters===
* [[Andy Thorn]]
* [[Brad Thorn]], Australian/New Zealand [[rugby league]] and [[rugby union]] footballer
* [[Damien Thorn]]
* [[Erin Thorn]]
* [[Gaston Thorn]] (1928-2007), Luxembourg politician
* [[George Thorn]]
* Colonel [[Herman Thorn]] (1783–1859), called "the millionaire of New York", brother of Jonathan Thorn
* [[Jan Thorn-Prikker]]
* [[Jesse Thorn]], America's [[Radio]] sweetheart
* [[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]]
* [[Vanaro Thorn]]
* [[Victor Thorn]]
* [[Vikki Thorn]], one-third of [[The Waifs]]
* [[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 ]]
* [[Bone (comic)#Cast of Characters|Thorn Harvestar]], a main character in [[Jeff Smith (cartoonist)|Jeff Smith]]'s [[Bone (comic)|Bone comic series]]
* [[Thorns (band)]], a Norwegian black metal band
* [[The Thorns]], an American acoustic rock band
* [[Thorn (Inheritance)]] a dragon from the ''[[Inheritance cycle]]''
===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)|Thorns]]'', a 1967 science fiction novel by American writer [[Robert Silverberg]]
* [[Thorn (horse)]], racehorse that won the [[Kentucky Futurity]] in 1897
* [[Thorn (Inheritance)|Thorn]] is the name of the red dragon on the cover of the book [[Eldest]].
* [[Thorn (comics)]] is a [[DC Comics]] character.
* [[Thorns (band) |Thorns]], a Norwegian black metal band.
==See also==
* [[Thorne]], [[Thorne (surname)]]
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