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hawthorn

name · noun · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈhɔː.θɔːn/
  • /ˈhɔ.θoɹn/ without the cot–caught merger
  • cot-caught-merger: /ˈhɑ.θoɹn/
  • Canada: /ˈhɒ.θɒn/
  • Australian, New-Zealand: /ˈhoː.θoːn/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɔːθɔː(ɹ)n
  • homophone: Hawthorne
  • UK: /ˈhɔː.θɔːn/
  • US: /ˈhɔ.θɔɹn/
  • Northeastern, US: /ˈhɔ.θoɹn/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: HH AO1 TH AO2 R N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

Numerous places:

An inner suburb of Melbourne in the City of Boroondara, Victoria, Australia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

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3

name

Meaning 3

Numerous places:

A suburb of Adelaide in the City of Mitcham, South Australia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

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4

name

Meaning 4

Numerous places:

A village and civil parish in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ4145).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

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5

name

Meaning 5

Numerous places:

A hamlet in Four Marks parish, East Hampshire district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU6733).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

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6

name

Meaning 6

Numerous places:

A suburban area in Pontypridd community, Rhondda Cynon Taf borough, Wales (OS grid ref ST0987).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

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7

name

Meaning 7

Numerous places:

A borough in Clarion County, Pennsylvania, United States.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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8

noun

Meaning 8

Any of various shrubs and small trees of the genus Crataegus having small, apple-like fruits and thorny branches

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

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9

noun

Meaning 9

a spring-flowering shrub or small tree of the genus Crataegus

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: haw

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: shrub, bush

Narrower terms: parsley haw, parsley-leaved thorn, Crataegus apiifolia, Crataegus marshallii, scarlet haw, Crataegus biltmoreana, blackthorn, pear haw, pear hawthorn, Crataegus calpodendron, Crataegus tomentosa, cockspur thorn, cockspur hawthorn, Crataegus crus-galli, mayhaw, summer haw, Crataegus aestivalis, whitethorn, English hawthorn, may, Crataegus laevigata, Crataegus oxycantha, Crataegus monogyna, red haw, downy haw, Crataegus mollis, Crataegus coccinea mollis, evergreen thorn, Crataegus oxyacantha, Crataegus pedicellata, Crataegus coccinea

History

Etymology

Compound of haw (“hedge”) + thorn.

From Middle English hawthorn, from Old English hagaþorn, hæguþorn, from Proto-West Germanic *haguþorn; equivalent to haw (“hedge, enclosure”) + thorn.

Across languages

Translations

103 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: murriz — shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus
  • Arabic: زُعْرُور (zuʕrūr) — shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus
  • Arabic: زَعْرُور (zaʕrūr) — shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus
  • Armenian: սզնի (szni) — shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus
  • Armenian: ալոճենի (aločeni) — shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus
  • Armenian: սինձ (sinj) — shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus
  • Azerbaijani: yemişan — shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus
  • Azerbaijani: alıç — shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus
  • Bashkir: энәлек (enəlek) — shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus
  • Bashkir: еҙәй (yeźəy) — shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus
  • Bashkir: ҡамыраш (qamıraş) — shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus
  • Bashkir: дунала (dunala) — shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus
  • Basque: elorriondo — shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus
  • Basque: elorri — shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus
  • Breton: spern-gwenn — shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus
  • Bulgarian: глог (glog) — shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus
  • Catalan: albespí — shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus
  • Catalan: arç blanc — shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus
  • Chinese Mandarin: 山楂 (shānzhā) — shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus
  • Cornish: hogan — shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus
  • Cornish: spernen wynn — shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus
  • Czech: hloh — shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus
  • Danish: tjørn — shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus
  • Dutch: meidoorn — shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus
  • Dutch: haagdoorn — shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus
  • Esperanto: kratago — shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus
  • Finnish: orapihlaja — shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus
  • French: aubépine — shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus
  • Galician: estripeiro — shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus
  • Galician: espiño albar — shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus
  • Galician: espiño cambrón — shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus
  • Galician: estripo — shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus
  • Georgian: კუნელი (ḳuneli) — shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus
  • German: Weißdorn — shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus
  • German: Hagedorn — shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus
  • Greek: κράταιγος (krátaigos) — shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus
  • Hungarian: galagonya — shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus
  • Irish: sceach gheal — shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus
  • Italian: biancospino — shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus
  • Japanese: 山査子 (sanzashi) — shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus
  • Japanese: サンザシ (sanzashi) — shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus
  • Kazakh: долана (dolana) — shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus
  • Khakas: тоо (too) — shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus
  • Korean: 산사나무 (sansanamu) — shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus
  • Korean: 아가위나무 (agawinamu) — shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus
  • Korean: 동배나무 (dongbaenamu) — shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus
  • Korean: 뚱광나무 (ttunggwangnamu) — shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus
  • Korean: 아그배나무 (ageubaenamu) — shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus
  • Korean: 이광나무 (igwangnamu) — shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus
  • Korean: 애광나무 (aegwangnamu) — shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus
  • Korean: 야광나무 (yagwangnamu) — shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus
  • Korean: 질구나무 (jilgunamu) — shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus
  • Korean: 질배나무 (jilbaenamu) — shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus
  • Korean: 찔광나무 (jjilgwangnamu) — shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus
  • Korean: 찔구배나무 (jjilgubaenamu) — shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus
  • Central Kurdish: گۆیِژ (goyij) — shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus
  • Northern Kurdish: guhîj — shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus
  • Kyrgyz: долоно (dolono) — shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus
  • Low German: Wittdoorn — shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus
  • Low German: Mehldorn — shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus
  • Macedonian: глог (glog) — shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus
  • Maltese: żagħrun — shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus
  • Manchu: ᡠᠮᡦᡠ (umpu) — shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus
  • Mazanderani: ولیک (valik) — shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus
  • Middle English: hawthorn — shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus
  • Middle English: hawe tre — shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus
  • Norman: blianche êpîngne — shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus
  • Pannonian Rusyn: ґалаґоня (galagonja) — shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus
  • Pannonian Rusyn: глог (hloh) — shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus
  • Pannonian Rusyn: гложина (hložina) — shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus
  • Persian: نلک (nelk) — shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus
  • Polish: głóg — shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus
  • Portuguese: espinheiro branco — shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus
  • Romanian: păducel — shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus
  • Romanian: albaspină — shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus
  • Romansh: chagliastretg — shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus
  • Russian: боя́рышник (bojáryšnik) — shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus
  • Scottish Gaelic: sgìtheach — shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus
  • Seneca: awéoek — shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus
  • Serbo-Croatian: glog — shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus
  • Slovak: hloh — shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus
  • Slovene: glog — shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus
  • Lower Sorbian: głog — shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus
  • Spanish: espino albar — shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus
  • Spanish: espino blanco — shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus
  • Spanish: majuelo — shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus
  • Swedish: hagtorn — shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus
  • Tarifit: admam — shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus
  • Tatar: дүләнә (dülänä) — shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus
  • Tatar: камыр агачы (qamır ağaçı) — shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus
  • Thai: ซานจา — shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus
  • Turkish: alıç — shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus
  • Ottoman Turkish: آق دیكن (ak diken) — shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus
  • Turkmen: ýemşen — shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus
  • Ukrainian: глід (hlid) — shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus
  • Uyghur: دولانا (dolana) — shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus
  • Uzbek: doʻlana — shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus
  • Vietnamese: sơn tra — shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus
  • Volapük: krateg — shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus
  • Volapük: redakrateg — shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus
  • Welsh: draenen wen — shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus
  • Yakut: долохуна (doloquna) — shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus
  • Yakut: долохоно (doloqono) — shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus
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