What is the name meaning of TORRE. Phrases containing TORRE
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TORRE
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Latin
Swift.
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Biblical
Strength, a rapid torrent.
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English
Derived from Victoria: triumphant.
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English
English : habitational name from Ledwell in Oxfordshire, named in Old English as ‘loud spring’ or ‘loud stream’, from Hl̄de (a river-name derived from hlūd ‘loud’, i.e. ‘roaring stream’, ‘torrent’) + wella ‘well’, ‘spring’, or ‘stream’.
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Scottish American Irish
from the craggy hills. Tor is a name for a craggy hilltop and also may refer to a watchtower.
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English
English : habitational name from any of the places so called, as for example Litton Cheney in Dorset (named from Old English hl̄de ‘torrent’ (from hlūd ‘loud’, ‘roaring’) + tūn ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’), or Litton in Somerset (from Old English hlid ‘slope’ or ‘gate’ + tūn), Derbyshire and North Yorkshire (both probably from Old English hlīð ‘slope’ + tūn).
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English : variant spelling of Joslin.The Josselyn name appears in Black Point (now Scarborough, ME) before 1638, when the author John Josselyn came to visit his brother Henry, who was for many years a principal representative in eastern New England of the interests of the Mason and Gorges heirs, which were endangered by the Massachusetts Bay colony’s expansion into Maine. Their father was Sir Thomas Josselyn, of Torrell’s Hall in Willingale, Essex, England.
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Anglo Saxon American
Dwells by the torrent.
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English
English : probably a variant of Terry 1.A Josiah Torrey was in Boston before 1680. John Torrey (1796–1873) was a botanist and teacher born in NY who catalogued many North American plants.
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English Irish Scottish American Celtic
from the craggy hills.
Girl/Female
Biblical
Strength, a rapid torrent.
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British, Danish, English, Italian, Norse, Swedish
Tower; Thunder
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Hindu, Indian
Head; Principal; Place of Origin of a River or Torrent
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American, Anglo, Australian, British, English, German, Jamaican
Dwells by the Torrent; Waterfall; Pond
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English
English : topographic name for someone who lived by a tor or rocky hilltop (Old English torr, of Celtic origin), or a habitational name from any of the places named with this word, for example Torre or Torr in Devon, where the surname is frequent.English : nickname for someone thought to resemble a bull, Anglo-Norman French tor (Latin taurus).English : perhaps a habitational name from a minor place in Fife.
Girl/Female
Biblical
Strength, a rapid torrent.
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English
English : probably a variant of Guest.South German (Güss) : topographic name for someone who lived near a torrent or on a flood plain, from Middle High German güsse ‘flood’, ‘flooding’.German : variant of Geis.
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English (southern)
English (southern) : topographic name for someone living on the banks of the Tarrant river in Dorset, of which the name is of the same origin as Trent.Irish : reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Toráin (see Torrens).
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Scottish
Derived from Victoria 'triumphant.
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Italian
Tower.
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p. pr. & vb. n.
of Torrefy
a.
Alt. of Torrentine
n.
Fig.: A violent or rapid flow; a strong current; a flood; as, a torrent of vices; a torrent of eloquence.
n.
The act or process of torrefying, or the state of being torrefied.
a.
Rushing with force and violence; moving with impetus; furious; forcible; violent; as, an impetuous wind; an impetuous torrent.
v. t.
To dry by a fire.
n.
A deposit of earth, sand, or gravel, containing valuable mineral in particles, especially by the side of a river, or in the bed of a mountain torrent.
v. t.
To subject to scorching heat, so as to drive off volatile ingredients; to roast, as ores.
a.
Of or pertaining to a torrent; having the character of a torrent; caused by a torrent .
n.
A violent whirling wind; specifically (Meteorol.), a tempest distinguished by a rapid whirling and slow progressive motion, usually accompaned with severe thunder, lightning, and torrents of rain, and commonly of short duration and small breadth; a small cyclone.
a.
Of or pertaining to a mountain or mountains; growing or living on a mountain; found on or peculiar to mountains; among mountains; as, a mountain torrent; mountain pines; mountain goats; mountain air; mountain howitzer.
a.
Acting with great force; furious; violent; impetuous; forcible; mighty; as, vehement wind; a vehement torrent; a vehement fire or heat.
n.
A channel or hollow worn in the earth by a current of water; a short deep portion of a torrent's bed when dry.
n.
A torrent of water.
v. t.
To dry or parch, as drugs, on a metallic plate till they are friable, or are reduced to the state desired.
n.
A violent stream, as of water, lava, or the like; a stream suddenly raised and running rapidly, as down a precipice.
imp. & p. p.
of Torrefy
n.
A deep and narrow hollow, usually worn by a stream or torrent of water; a gorge; a mountain cleft.
n.
Rolling or rushing in a rapid stream.