Thornhill

Thornhill is a surname of English origin, from place names meaning "thorn-covered hill." It appears as a location name for neighborhoods and towns, particularly in Canada and the UK.

The name also appears in fiction—notably as the alias Roger Thornhill in Hitchcock's *North by Northwest*.

place

neighborhood

Residential area nearby

  • suburbOutlying residential district
  • TorontoOntario's capital city
  • OntarioCanada's most populous province

Canada · residential · community · Vaughan · commuter · subdivision · GTA · mall · Jewish · synagogue

surname

family

Related people together

heritage · English · British · Scottish · surname · clan · descendants · estate · nobility · landowner

botanical

hedge

Boundary of planted shrubs

blackthorn · wild · thicket · slope · hillside · terrain · landscape · boundary · enclosure · countryside

artistic

painter

One who applies pigment

  • BaroqueOrnate artistic period
  • JamesTraditional masculine name
  • SirFormal male honorific

murals · Greenwich · dome · allegorical · ceiling · decorative · rococo · commission · portrait · academy

fictional

character

Nature, symbol, or role

  • CaryAmerican given name
  • GrantFunds given officially
  • mistakenIncorrectly understood or believed

Hitchcock · identity · thriller · North · Northwest · spy · protagonist · advertising · executive · fugitive

Family

hill, thorn, hilly, thorny, thorns, thorned

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