Thorn 30871 214072298 2008-05-22T00:00:48Z Skadinaujo 6761633 Added rune. {{Wiktionary|thorn}} {{TOCright}} '''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)]] {{disambig}} [[Category:Lists of ambiguous human names|Thorn]] [[de:Dorn]] [[fr:Thorn]] [[it:Thorn]] [[nl:Thorn]] [[pl:Thorn]] [[sv:Thorn]]